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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. Which of the following is the number of games the Central football team wins?

3. Whom of the following is Grinnell’s brother?

4. Which of the following is the number of points Sooley scores against Central’s first opponent in the NCAA playoffs?

5. Which of the following Central players is injured in the game against East Carolina?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does Murray assure Sooley in the lead-up to the final regular-season game?

2. Why does Britt seek to avoid playing in the so-called First Four?

3. How does Beatrice attempt to address her failing tent in Rhino Camp?

4. What is noted as strange in Central’s conference’s tournament?

5. What happens in the wake of Central’s victory over Howard?

6. What menu is on offer at the Walker Thanksgiving?

7. What score, and what statistics, does Sooley end with against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?

8. What problems are noted with Sooley’s Christmas call to Rhino Camp (176)?

9. How is the “legend of Sooley” described to begin?

10. How does Sooley respond when Murray asks him to vacate his dorm room for the night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Throughout the novel, Murray’s mother is referred to and addressed as Miss Ida. What significance does the persistence of the title have? How does that significance manifest in the novel?

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