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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Gene's nickname when he was in junior high?
(a) Stick.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Noodles.
(d) Beanstalk.
2. In Chapter 2, how long has Gene lived in Oakland and never really noticed how popular basketball is?
(a) 9 years.
(b) About 12 years.
(c) Almost a decade.
(d) 11 years.
3. When did Coach Lou come to O'Dowd as a coach?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2001.
4. How many rules does Naismith create for basketball?
(a) 13.
(b) 25.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.
5. When was Gene's last graphic novel published in the Prologue?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2011.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long does the first conversation that Gene has with Couch Lou last?
2. What was the final score when the Harlem Globetrotters beat the Lakers in 1948?
3. What number does Coach Lou wear during the state tournament game in 1988?
4. The year that the men's varsity basketball team made it to the California State Championship before Coach Lou played on the team, what was the final score when his team lost?
5. In 2014, how many times including that time had the Dragons made it to the State Championship?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gene learn about Ivan from a Sports Stars of Tomorrow video on YouTube?
2. What do Coach Lou and Assistant Coach Tony Freccero say about Coach Phelps as a person?
3. How are Ivan and Paris alike and unalike?
4. Why does Weston Bell quit the Dragons and transfer to another school?
5. What did scientists have to say about Black athletes at the turn of the twentieth century?
6. What does Gene comment about basketball in Oakland?
7. After the 1946-47 season, why were Blacks in the National Basketball League (NBL), removed from teams in the league?
8. How does Gene find his next story?
9. What does Gene do rather than go to the game the Dragons play against the Bishop Gorman Gaels?
10. How did the game of basketball catch on?
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