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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rusty-James go to school the day after he is cut with a knife?
(a) Because he misses Patty.
(b) Because his friends are there.
(c) Because his father tells him to go.
(d) Because he has a test.

2. Where is Rusty-James at the onset of the novel?
(a) The city.
(b) The hotel.
(c) The reformatory.
(d) The beach.

3. What is the time frame when chapter two begins?
(a) Six years later.
(b) Four years earlier.
(c) Six years earlier.
(d) Five years later.

4. What is one thing Rusty-James thinks he needs if he goes to Cleveland High?
(a) Books.
(b) New clothes.
(c) A machine gun.
(d) Good grades.

5. What does Rusty-James think he is going to do when Patty breaks up with him?
(a) Scream.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Faint.

6. What does Rusty-James think the picture of Motorcycle Boy resembles?
(a) A drawing.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A painting.
(d) A rebel.

7. What relationship does Biff have with Rusty-James' friends?
(a) They used to be friends.
(b) They used to be rivals.
(c) They are family.
(d) They used to be gang allies.

8. What does Rusty-James do at lunch with Smokey and B.J.?
(a) He eats.
(b) He leaves school.
(c) He loses fifty cents in a poker game.
(d) He sits with Steve.

9. What bothers Rusty-James about the situation with Biff?
(a) Biff is sleeping in class.
(b) Biff is happy.
(c) Biff is stealing things.
(d) Biff is mad for a stupid reason.

10. What does Coach Ryan offer Rusty-James?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) A pass to class.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) A passing grade.

11. Who is Rusty-James' girlfriend?
(a) Theresa.
(b) Jane.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Patty.

12. How does Rusty-James' father earn a living before his wife leaves him?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

13. Whom does Steve want Rusty-James to meet?
(a) His college professor.
(b) HIs sister.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His parents.

14. What does Rusty-James say he has been doing for the last few years?
(a) Working.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Bumming around.
(d) Going to school.

15. How does Motorcycle Boy get a motorcycle?
(a) He buys it.
(b) He rents it.
(c) He steals it.
(d) He builds it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession is Steve pursuing?

2. What does Motorcycle Boy not like?

3. What happens to Rusty-James when his attention is diverted from Biff?

4. What does Rusty-James have running down his side?

5. Who is in the reformatory with Rusty-James?

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