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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gene show that he usually hurt when playing basketball?
(a) Ankle.
(b) Face.
(c) Head.
(d) Fingers.

2. The year that the men's varsity basketball team made it to the California State Championship before Coach Lou played on the team, what was the final score when his team lost?
(a) 69-70.
(b) 68-79.
(c) 70-87.
(d) 70-71.

3. What type of injury ended Coach Lou's basketball career?
(a) Hamstring.
(b) Spinal cord injury.
(c) Stress fracture in his right knee.
(d) Torn ACL.

4. How long does the first conversation that Gene has with Couch Lou last?
(a) 60 minutes.
(b) About 45 minutes.
(c) 90 minutes.
(d) Almost an hour.

5. By what time did every NBA team have at least a few Black players?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did scientists say that Blacks were not as fit for athletics as whites?

2. Where does Gene teach high school?

3. When does Gene write that James Naismith changed the world?

4. When did Coach Lou graduate from O'Dowd?

5. In the Prologue, how long does Gene say that it took to finish his last graphic novel?

(see the answer key)

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