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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rusty-James like about the ocean?
(a) That it will always be there.
(b) It is wet.
(c) It is blue.
(d) It is big.

2. What does Steve say Rusty-James would do to the people in the neighborhood if he went back?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Give them a heart attack.
(c) Sue them.
(d) Beat them.

3. Who subs at Rusty-James ' school?
(a) Coach Ryan.
(b) Weston McCauley.
(c) His father.
(d) Cassandra.

4. What happens to Rusty-James when he discovers Motorcycle Boy is dead?
(a) The world loses color and sound.
(b) He screams.
(c) He fights.
(d) He faints.

5. How does Rusty-James think of Steve now?
(a) He is boring.
(b) He is a stranger.
(c) He is crazy.
(d) He is still the same.

6. What does Steve do when he notices what is playing on the screen at the movie?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He throws up.
(c) He grins.
(d) He runs out.

7. What happens to Rusty-James after he tells the doctor he is not going to the hospital?
(a) Everything turns gray and a ringing starts in his ears.
(b) He starts to bleed.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He goes anyway.

8. To whose house does Rusty-James go after leaving the drugstore?
(a) His own home.
(b) Patty's.
(c) Smokey's.
(d) Steve's.

9. Who does Steve say is "just like a ball in a pinball machine?"
(a) B.J.
(b) Rusty-James.
(c) Motorcycle Boy.
(d) Smokey.

10. If there were still gangs, why does Smokey believe he would be president of a gang?
(a) He is smarter than Rusty-James.
(b) He is wealthier.
(c) He is a better fighter.
(d) He is a bigger boy.

11. While on the beach, to what does Rusty-James listen as Steve talks?
(a) The birds.
(b) The ocean waves.
(c) People talking.
(d) Boats zipping by.

12. About what does Rusty-James tell everyone at Benny's?
(a) His father's old profession.
(b) His head injury.
(c) His wild night across the river.
(d) His expulsion from school.

13. Where does Rusty-James spend the rest of the day after he leaves Steve's?
(a) At home.
(b) At school.
(c) At Benny's.
(d) At a bar.

14. At what age does Motorcycle Boy stop being a little kid?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 18.
(d) 10.

15. For what does Rusty-James lose his taste?
(a) Soda.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once he leaves the bar, what does Rusty-James do to get home faster?

2. What place does Rusty-James hate?

3. What does Rusty-James steal from the drugstore?

4. About what does Rusty-James think when someone steps out of the darkness in the ally?

5. In the present, what does Steve invite Rusty-James to do as he stands on the beach?

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