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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. Which of the following is Central’s first opponent in the NCAA playoffs?
2. Against which of the following teams does Central play its last regular season game?
3. Which of the following teams does Central play in the final game of its conference’s tournament?
4. In which of the following locations does Central play in its conference’s tournament?
5. By what margin does the Central basketball team lose its game against Campbell?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Britt seek to avoid playing in the so-called First Four?
2. What menu is on offer at the Walker Thanksgiving?
3. How is the “legend of Sooley” described to begin?
4. To what is Sooley’s weight gain between August and December attributed, and what form does it take?
5. What is meant by the term “guarantee game” in the novel?
6. What is noted as present in the Duke Basketball Museum and Athletics Hall of Fame?
7. What is meant by the term “one-and-done” in the novel?
8. What score, and what statistics, does Sooley end with against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?
9. What does Sooley muse is at the root of Murray’s problems on the court when Britt asks him about them (156)?
10. How does Beatrice compare and contrast her situation with her parents’?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the ethics of the guarantee game. Is it more good than bad? Is it more bad than good? By what measure? How so?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the nickname of the McDougald-McLendon Arena, “The Nest.”
Essay Topic 3
Sooley and Murray confer about the presence of many coaches and support staff at various games. What implications does the abundance of support personnel have for the game they play? What implications does it have for the novel? How do those implications manifest, both in the book and in experience?
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