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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1988 at the state tournament game, what is the score with seven seconds to go in the fourth quarter with the Dragons down?

2. How large of a crowd assembled to watch the Harlem Globetrotters play the Minneapolis Lakers in 1948?

3. What was the score at halftime between the Dragons and the Gaels?

4. How tall was the shortest Harlem Globetrotter Marques Haynes?

5. What was the score when the Dragons lost in 1988?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has Coach Lou been coaching at O'Dowd, and how many times has he taken to the Dragons to State?

2. Why did the Dragons lose the tournament game Coach Lou's junior year in high school?

3. How did Coach Lou get interested in basketball?

4. Why is Brian Shaw used as an example to show that Coach Phelps might have favored his white players over his Black players?

5. How does Gene find his next story?

6. How are Ivan and Paris alike and unalike?

7. Who created the game of basketball and when?

8. How was basketball developed over the years?

9. How were the first games of basketball played?

10. In the early days of basketball when there were no leagues at the national level, how did some teams take on ethnic themes to draw crowds to their games?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ivan and Paris became friends in middle school. What do the two have in common? How are they different? How does Yang use juxtaposition to reveal information about their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Women’s basketball was developed in 1892. Why were rules for basketball especially adapted to allow women to play? How did those rules reflect the gender bias that was prevalent at that time?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Dragon Hoops? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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