The Basketball Diaries Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Basketball Diaries Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jim proclaim the end of an LSD era?
(a) His is going to rehab.
(b) He has a bad trip.
(c) He ends up at Bellevue.
(d) He gets arrested.

2. Where does Frank Pinewater's mother take him in hopes of curing his drug habit?
(a) To the desert.
(b) High Mass.
(c) The emergency room.
(d) The Boys' Club.

3. What does Jim say is growing in this country?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Crime.
(c) Fear.
(d) A peace movement.

4. What is Ju-Ju Johnson's forte, according to Jim?
(a) Fake ID.
(b) Meeting girls.
(c) Stealing cars.
(d) Making up stories.

5. What does Jim say when asked if he thinks Christ was God?
(a) "I guess not."
(b) "No."
(c) "Yep."
(d) "Do you?"

6. What do Deborah and Ned do that the cops find unusual?
(a) They keep laughing.
(b) They finish each other's sentences.
(c) They keep fainting on each other.
(d) They pull each other's hair.

7. What game do Sharron and Lou-Lou want to play with Jim and Kenny?
(a) Tag.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Uno.
(d) Baseball.

8. Why does Jim end up at Riker's Island Juvenile Reformatory?
(a) For a journalism assignment.
(b) For possessing drugs.
(c) To visit a friend.
(d) For a part-time job.

9. What word does Mr. Bluster use in a letter to describe Jim?
(a) Enigma.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Charming.
(d) Trouble.

10. What does Jim forget about as he rolls in the dew in the country?
(a) His friends.
(b) His body.
(c) School.
(d) His problems.

11. How long has Jim been holed up at Headquarters at the end of Summer 66?
(a) A week.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A month.
(d) Four days.

12. Who offers Jim a ride as far as 181st after his train breaks down?
(a) Lang.
(b) A news truck driver.
(c) A police officer.
(d) An Irishman.

13. Where does Jim go to get treated for the clap?
(a) A doctor's office.
(b) The Board of Health.
(c) Tony's house.
(d) The emergency room.

14. Who does Jim hang out with in Horn & Hardart's?
(a) The junkies.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A drag queen.
(d) The police.

15. What event triggers Jim's war paranoia?
(a) A blackout.
(b) An argument.
(c) A news report.
(d) An explosion.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the spring 1965, who approaches Jim in a Bronx neighborhood?

2. Who does Jim see directing traffic at a six-way intersection?

3. Why does Jim visit his girlfriend, Hedi, every Friday?

4. Why does Jim suspect the three men in trench coats are narcotics cops, not basketball scouts?

5. Why do the police show up at Shlink's party?

(see the answer keys)

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