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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. What does Patty do when her mother is at work?
(a) Babysits her three little brothers.
(b) Homework.
(c) Watches movies.
(d) Washes clothes.

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

3. Where does Rusty-James go at midnight?
(a) He goes to Patty's house.
(b) He goes to Benny's.
(c) He goes out with the Motorcycle Boy.
(d) He goes to the lake with Smokey.

4. What scares Rusty-James about Motorcycle Boy?
(a) His smile.
(b) His language
(c) His attitude.
(d) His presence.

5. What is Motorcycle Boy doing when Rusty-James finds him at the drugstore?
(a) Eating candy bars.
(b) Looking at a magazine.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Stealing candy bars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rusty-James say about his brain?

2. What does the lot in Chapter 3 smell like?

3. In Chapter 2, where does Rusty-James go after storming out of Benny's?

4. Who is Rusty-James' girlfriend?

5. In Chapter 6, who does Rusty-James visit when he arrives at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dose Steve mean when he says that he cannot keep on thinking for Rusty-James?

2. What does Rusty-James' father do when he gets home in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 3, what does the apartment reveal about Rusty-James' family?

4. Why is it important for Rusty-James' friends to go to the vacant lot to watch him fight Biff?

5. What is implied by the fact that Motorcycle Boy has not always been color blind?

6. What does Motorcycle Boy mean when he tells Steve, "loyalty is his only vice?"

7. Why does Rusty-James say that Coach Ryan likes him as he would a vicious dog?

8. What is the significance of Motorcycle Boy's comparing the gang violence to playing "Cowboys and Indians?"

9. What angers Rusty-James when the others begin talking about Motorcycle Boy?

10. After locating a former gang member, what important fact does Rusty-James learn about Motorcycle Boy?

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