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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the score when the Dragons lost the State Championship in 2014?
(a) 55-45.
(b) 80-70.
(c) 90-80.
(d) 71-61.

2. When did a bicycle company manufacture the first specialized basketball?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1898.

3. How large of a crowd assembled to watch the Harlem Globetrotters play the Minneapolis Lakers in 1948?
(a) 16,000.
(b) 26,000.
(c) 22,000.
(d) 18,000.

4. During the 1948 game between the Globetrotters and the Lakers, what did Marques Haynes fracture during the game?
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Ankle.
(c) Vertebrae.
(d) Wrist.

5. How many Black players did the NBL sign at the beginning of the 1946-47 season?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

6. Where does Gene teach high school?
(a) California.
(b) Washington.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Nevada.

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

8. What was the final score when the Harlem Globetrotters beat the Lakers in 1948?
(a) 70-68.
(b) 59-61.
(c) 63-60.
(d) 75-73.

9. After the first game of basketball, how much longer do the men ask to play?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

10. In Chapter 3, who on the O'Dowd team draws first blood during the game with De La Salle?
(a) Mike Hauser.
(b) Isaiah Thomas.
(c) Arinze Chidom.
(d) Paris Austin.

11. How tall is Paris Austin?
(a) 6 feet 2 inches.
(b) 5 feet 11 inches.
(c) 5 feet 10 inches.
(d) 6 feet 3 inches.

12. Who did the Dragons play in 2014 at State?
(a) Manual Arts Toilers.
(b) Greenshaw Cougars.
(c) Golden State Warriors.
(d) Mater Del Monarchs.

13. In 1988 when the Dragon do to the state tournament, how many times have the Dragons played in the tournament before?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

14. How many instructors quit before Naismith took his class?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

15. What number does Coach Lou wear during the state tournament game in 1988?
(a) 17.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Harlem Globetrotters from?

2. In 1988, why does the shot Coach Lou made during the tournament game not count?

3. What is the final score when the Dragons lose the De La Salle game?

4. During what year when Coach Lou was in high school and before he was on the team did the varsity men's basketball team make it to the California State Championship?

5. When was Michael Brown fatally shot in Ferguson, Missouri?

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