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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim no longer want to attend peace marches?

2. At what point on Jim's trip to Rye, NY does he observe business men with "not a bit of class"?

3. What does each person Jim meets at Blimpie's sandwich shop ask him?

4. Why does Jim proclaim the end of an LSD era?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do adults positively influence the "characters" in the book? How do they negatively affect them?

Essay Topic 3

How are teachers portrayed in the diaries? How is education portrayed? What feelings or experiences might explain Jim's fantasy of bringing a gun to school?

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