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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 which of the following does Christine note having worked?
2. Whom of the following accompanies Grinnell to watch a Duke basketball game?
3. Which of the following is the number of points Sooley scores in the final game of Central’s conference’s tournament?
4. At which of the following does Sooley estimate the annual value of his scholarship?
5. At which of the following times is Sooley at the gym for the Central basketball team’s first game?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Beatrice attempt to address her failing tent in Rhino Camp?
2. What is noted as present in the Duke Basketball Museum and Athletics Hall of Fame?
3. Why does Britt seek to avoid playing in the so-called First Four?
4. How does Beatrice compare and contrast her situation with her parents’?
5. What is meant by the term “guarantee game” in the novel?
6. What menu is on offer at the Walker Thanksgiving?
7. How does Sooley regard Robin when she visits after his meeting with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration?
8. What premonition do the Central coaches discuss Sooley having had?
9. What is meant by the term “one-and-done” in the novel?
10. What score, and what statistics, does Sooley end with against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sooley muses that “Football was a strange game” (105). What function does the observation serve in the novel, and how is that function achieved?
Essay Topic 2
As the South Sudanese national youth team coalesces, much attention is paid to the experiences of violence and tragedy among its members. What narrative function does the emphasis on such things serve, and how is that function achieved?
Essay Topic 3
The novel depicts Ecko taking his players to Disney properties, despite his distaste for those properties. It notably excludes other noted parks in the Orlando area. What might the inclusion and exclusion reflect? How might they do so, based on the novel and experience?
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