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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the cops tell Jim they are looking for in the park?
(a) Someone with a gun.
(b) A drug dealer.
(c) One of his classmates.
(d) A guy who molested a little girl.

2. What does Jim ask his mom for that makes her angry?
(a) New clothes.
(b) To make him dinner.
(c) $5.
(d) Tickets to a baseball game.

3. Why does Jim get three raps across the hand at school?
(a) For putting his elbows on the table at lunch.
(b) For getting a D for effort.
(c) For talking back to a teacher.
(d) For throwing bricks.

4. Who does Jim eventually give a joint to in the winter of 1964?
(a) Some older teens hanging out at the basketball court.
(b) An older guy who had been in the Army.
(c) His mom.
(d) Ronnie.

5. Who stops Jim in the bushes at Central Park?
(a) Two horse-patrol cops.
(b) A tourist asking for directions.
(c) Mr. Doolittle.
(d) The school principal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim say has the same smell as dope cooking?

2. Who is the kleptomaniac, speed-freak Jim sees on the train to school?

3. What does Jim threaten to do if the person he robs yells for the cops?

4. Why does Jim punch Larry out in the school trophy room?

5. Why does Jim have trouble communicating to one of the police officers who stop him in the park?

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