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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Gene start writing and drawing graphic novels?
(a) After high school.
(b) When he was 25.
(c) After college.
(d) When he was 20.

2. In Chapter 3, when does O'Dowd play De La Salle High School in an exhibition game?
(a) November 30, 2014.
(b) November 24, 2014.
(c) November 9, 2014.
(d) November 18, 2014.

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

4. For the game with De La Salle High School in Chapter 3, what color uniforms do the Dragons wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

5. How many rules does Naismith create for basketball?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the National Basketball Association (NBA) begin as the Basketball Association of America?

2. What did Coach Lou weigh when he was a junior in high school?

3. What was Gene's nickname when he was in junior high?

4. When Brian Shaw was drafted into the NBA, what pick was he overall?

5. By what time did every NBA team have at least a few Black players?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Coach Lou and Assistant Coach Tony Freccero say about Coach Phelps as a person?

2. How are Ivan and Paris alike and unalike?

3. How has Gene felt about sports since he was a little kid?

4. What does Gene do rather than go to the game the Dragons play against the Bishop Gorman Gaels?

5. What was Coach Lou like when he was a freshman at O'Dowd?

6. How did the game of basketball catch on?

7. What does Gene comment about basketball in Oakland?

8. How were the first games of basketball played?

9. How did Felton "Zip" Gayles want his players to play basketball?

10. After the 1946-47 season, why were Blacks in the National Basketball League (NBL), removed from teams in the league?

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