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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 was the score at halftime between the Dragons and the Gaels?

2. When did a bicycle company manufacture the first specialized basketball?

3. In 1988 at the state tournament game, what is the score with seven seconds to go in the fourth quarter with the Dragons down?

4. When was Coach Lou promoted to head coach of the Dragons?

5. How many times was Earvin "Magic" Johnson a NBA champion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Weston Bell quit the Dragons and transfer to another school?

2. In the Prologue, what does Gene share about his last graphic novel and starting a new one?

3. How are Ivan and Paris alike and unalike?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How were the first games of basketball played?

10. What did scientists have to say about Black athletes at the turn of the twentieth century?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Scientists at the turn of the twentieth century did not believe Blacks were fit to be athletes. Why did scientists not believe Blacks were fit to be athletes? How did that view change? Was race an issue on the O’Dowd team or some of the teams they played?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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