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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around midnight, what does Rusty-James do with Smokey and his cousins?
(a) Play pool.
(b) Drink beer and swim.
(c) Talk.
(d) Fight.

2. What is the name of the skinny, tall kid who tells Rusty-James that Biff is going to kill him?
(a) Benny.
(b) Midget.
(c) Steve.
(d) Smokey.

3. What do Rusty-James' father and Motorcycle Boy sometimes do that Rusty-James wishes they would not do?
(a) Talk all night.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Argue.
(d) Drink.

4. What is Rusty-James doing at the onset of the novel?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Sitting on the beach.
(c) Napping.
(d) Smoking.

5. What does Coach Ryan offer Rusty-James?
(a) A pass to class.
(b) A passing grade.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rusty-James goes home from school, who does he meet on the staircase?

2. Who shuffles papers as if Rusty-James is wasting his time?

3. Whose gang is waiting at the end of the vacant lot?

4. Who does Rusty-James meet from his past?

5. What does Patty do when a girl flirts with Rusty-James?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rusty-James frightened when Motorcycle Boy smiles after he tells him the picture was a good one?

2. Why does Rusty-James resent Steve's presence on the beach?

3. How does Rusty-James settle his problems?

4. Why is Motorcycle Boy hard of hearing and color blind?

5. What is important about the river?

6. Why does Rusty-James dislike Cassandra?

7. In Chapter 10, why does Rusty-James think that Patty still loves him?

8. Why does Rusty-James feel that gangs are good despite what Steve and Motorcycle Boy tell him?

9. Why does Motorcycle Boy tell Rusty-James not to tell anyone that a famous photographer took his picture?

10. What is Rusty-James' driving motivation?

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