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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. When Marcus Haynes played college basketball, during a game with whom did he reveal his ball-handling skills?

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

3. How tall was George Mikan, the Lakers' Center in 1948?

4. When did Coach Lou graduate from O'Dowd?

5. When were iron hoops with cord nets used for baskets for basketball?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Brian Shaw used as an example to show that Coach Phelps might have favored his white players over his Black players?

2. How did the game of basketball catch on?

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

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

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

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

7. In the early days of basketball when there were no leagues at the national level, how did some teams take on ethnic themes to draw crowds to their games?

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

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

10. How does Gene find his next story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yang often shows players stepping forward when making a change in their lives. What does stepping forward symbolize in Dragon Hoops?

Essay Topic 2

Ivan and Paris became friends in middle school. What do the two have in common? How are they different? How does Yang use juxtaposition to reveal information about their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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