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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. What is the score in the De La Salle game when De La Salle surges ahead in the second period and Alex Zhao is put into play?

2. In Chapter 2, how long has Gene lived in Oakland and never really noticed how popular basketball is?

3. How many seniors are on the Dragon team in Chapter 2?

4. How large of a crowd assembled to watch the Harlem Globetrotters play the Minneapolis Lakers in 1948?

5. In the Prologue when Gene considers taking to Couch Lou, how long does he put off talking to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has Coach Lou been coaching at O'Dowd, and how many times has he taken to the Dragons to State?

2. What did Gene start doing after he finished college?

3. What does Gene learn about Ivan from a Sports Stars of Tomorrow video on YouTube?

4. How did the game of basketball catch on?

5. How did Coach Lou change by his junior year?

6. When the Dragons lose an exhibition game in Chapter 3, what conversation does Gene have with his wife?

7. What philosophy did Coach Phelps follow when building a team, and how has Coach Lou built his basketball team?

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

9. How does Gene find his next story?

10. Why did the Dragons lose the tournament game Coach Lou's junior year in high school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coach Phelps and Coach Lou have different team-building philosophies. How do the team-building philosophies of Coach Phelps and Coach Lou differ? How do their goals play a role in how they build their teams?

Essay Topic 2

In the early twenty-first century, two players from China are recruited to play for the NBA in the U.S. From the way these players play in China, how does it appear that they will do when playing in the U.S.? How are appearances deceiving when it comes to the actual performance of these players?

Essay Topic 3

Coach Lou often says Coach Phelps was a father figure to him. Why does Coach Lou say that Coach Phelps was a father figure to him? Why is the coach/player relationship important?

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