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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) 90-80.
(b) 55-45.
(c) 71-61.
(d) 80-70.

2. When did Coach Lou come to O'Dowd as a coach?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1997.

3. In Chapter 2, how long has Gene lived in Oakland and never really noticed how popular basketball is?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) Almost a decade.
(d) About 12 years.

4. What does Gene do instead of attending the game the Dragons play with the Gaels?
(a) Clean up his yard.
(b) Watch a movie with his family.
(c) Take his family to the zoo.
(d) Do some repairs around the house.

5. When did the National Basketball Association (NBA) begin as the Basketball Association of America?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1946.

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

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

8. With how much time on the clock during the tournament game in 1988, did Coach Lou shoot?
(a) 2 seconds.
(b) 4 seconds.
(c) 3 seconds.
(d) 1 second.

9. When Brian Shaw was drafted into the NBA, what pick was he overall?
(a) 31.
(b) 26.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

10. 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) 70-71.
(b) 70-87.
(c) 69-70.
(d) 68-79.

11. What middle school did Ivan and Paris go to?
(a) Roosevelt.
(b) West Oakland.
(c) Bret Harte.
(d) Montera.

12. What color shoes do the team want when Nike donates shoes?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

13. How tall is Ivan Rabb?
(a) 5 feet 11 1/2 inches.
(b) 6 feet 10 inches.
(c) 5 feet 11 inches.
(d) 6 feet 1 inch.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who on the O'Dowd team draws first blood during the game with De La Salle?

2. How long after Gene says in the Prologue that he published his last graphic novel does he still not have a new novel started?

3. When did Gene start writing and drawing graphic novels?

4. What was the second college that Coach Lou played for?

5. When was dribbling first used in basketball competition?

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