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

2. When was Gene's last graphic novel published in the Prologue?

3. What was the score at halftime between the Dragons and the Gaels?

4. After the first game of basketball, how much longer do the men ask to play?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zip Gayles react when Marques Haynes got creative during a basketball game?

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

3. How did Coach Lou get interested in basketball?

4. How are Ivan and Paris alike and unalike?

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

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

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

8. How was basketball developed over the years?

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

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Dragon Hoops? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in Dragon Hoops, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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