The Basketball Diaries | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1

1. How old is Jim, when the story begins?

13.

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

The coach gives him a fake birth certificate.

3. Who does Jim go to Staten Island with?

Tony and Yogi.

4. What does Jim say his eyes feel like when sniffing cleaning fluid?

Bowling balls.

5. In the fall of 1963, who is the neighbor taken away for mental health problems?

Mrs. McNulty.

6. What specialty does Jim say crooks on the Lower East Side have in common?

Snatching handbags off ladies.

7. What does the newspaper call Jim and his friends?

The Diaper Bandits.

8. Who stands up for Pedro about the teasing from Herbie about his parents?

Pedro's big brother.

9. Why do Jim and his friends laugh during the giant fire on Second Ave.?

The pizza man is on his...
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