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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 the amount Murray and Mitch Rocker raise from the student body?

2. On which of the following dates does Central play its last regular season game?

3. To which of the following airports does the Central basketball team fly en route to Madison Square Garden?

4. Which of the following Central players is injured in the game against Howard?

5. Which of the following is the captain of the Central basketball team?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what is Sooley’s weight gain between August and December attributed, and what form does it take?

2. What premonition do the Central coaches discuss Sooley having had?

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

4. What is meant by the term “one-and-done” in the novel?

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

6. How does Sooley assess the Central basketball team just before Thanksgiving (156)?

7. What is Ecko’s travel schedule leading up to his visit to Rhino Camp?

8. How does Beatrice compare and contrast her situation with her parents’?

9. What significance accrues to the establishment of a UN school in Rhino Camp?

10. How does Sooley regard Robin when she visits after his meeting with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of Sooley’s name and nickname. Are the two in tension, or in accord? How so?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 5, Sooley is witness to an incident of sectarian violence. What narrative function does the incident serve, and how is that function achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Angelina’s name.

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