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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jim accompany Brian's Navy friends?
(a) Yankee Stadium.
(b) The Statue of Liberty.
(c) Empire State Building.
(d) Radio City Music Hall.

2. What place does Jim describe as the friendly neighborhood tavern?
(a) The Longshoreman.
(b) The Bottle of Sunshine.
(c) Baby Joey's Bar.
(d) The Bucket of Blood.

3. What word does Mr. Bluster use in a letter to describe Jim?
(a) Enigma.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Charming.

4. What age does Jim recall that keeps returning to him one day in the summer 1965?
(a) When he was twelve.
(b) When he was six.
(c) When he was nine.
(d) When he was three.

5. What does Jim forget about as he rolls in the dew in the country?
(a) His body.
(b) School.
(c) His problems.
(d) His friends.

6. Where does Frank Pinewater's mother take him in hopes of curing his drug habit?
(a) The Boys' Club.
(b) High Mass.
(c) The emergency room.
(d) To the desert.

7. Why does Jim walk up sixteen flights of stairs to Benny's apartment?
(a) The elevator is broken.
(b) He is afraid of elevators.
(c) Benny bet him he could not do it.
(d) He is trying to get in shape.

8. Who catches Bobby Blake on a stool at Gussie's Soda Fountain?
(a) Jim.
(b) Gussie.
(c) Two cops.
(d) Bobby's girlfriend.

9. What school rule do Jim and his friends frequently break after lunch?
(a) They smoke in the bathroom.
(b) They leave campus.
(c) They run in the halls.
(d) They throw food at each other.

10. Why does Joe Slapstick tell Jim he should run the offense?
(a) Because he is the team captain.
(b) Because he would make a good coach.
(c) Because Porter is too dumb.
(d) Because Porter lost his voice.

11. What does Jim describe climbing on the walls at Headquarters?
(a) Rats.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Junkies.

12. What does Jim say when asked if he thinks Christ was God?
(a) "Yep."
(b) "No."
(c) "Do you?"
(d) "I guess not."

13. What happens at the bar after Jim and his friends order screwdrivers?
(a) The place is robbed.
(b) There is a bar fight.
(c) The boys play pool.
(d) The lights go out.

14. What does Jim say will go up in smoke every time a page in his future book gets turned?
(a) English classes.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) Police stations.
(d) Libraries.

15. What activity does Jim say is helping him know he needs to write?
(a) Playing basketball.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Using drugs.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fall of 1965, what becomes a regular weekend activity for Jim and his friends?

2. What does Jim say just delays the little voice controlling his drug use?

3. How much time did Jim spend at Riker's Island?

4. Why doesn't Jim's summer league team use Lewie Alcindor?

5. How does the daily drug use make Jim's eyes feel?

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