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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who blows his cool in the locker room at half time in the game against Horace Mann?

2. Which friend does not manage to get a seat on the train?

3. What does Jim's mother say when he calls her from Tom Miggrello's party?

4. What does Jim ask his mom for that makes her angry?

5. How does Jim play on a league out of his age range?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim's dad respond when he tells him how the government suppresses the proletariat?

2. Why does Jim say the train toward 137th St. suddenly smells like a cattle car?

3. Why does Jim think Melody, his blind date, is strange?

4. How does Jim end up playing on a new team at the summer league championship game?

5. Why isn't Jim going to tell anyone he was in a baby powder commercial?

6. What prank does Mancole play on a neighbor?

7. What does Jim tell the principal's secretary when he calls in sick?

8. How do Jim and his friends end up with the keys to the American Legion?

9. How does Jim react to seeing his friend Bobby Sachs's dead body?

10. Why does Pedro stay home from the basketball game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Jim's personality. Include characteristics that help him succeed in basketball as well as in his studies.

Essay Topic 2

How do Jim and his friends show respect for each other? Give an example from the text of one person reaching out to help another.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Jim want to return to public school? How is his Catholic school different than a public school? How is it similar?

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