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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. How long does Arinze Chidom go in before he gets taken out in the De La Salle game?

2. What college did Globetrotter Marcus Haynes play for?

3. When did Gene start writing and drawing graphic novels?

4. During the 1948 game between the Globetrotters and the Lakers, what did Marques Haynes fracture during the game?

5. Who did the Dragons play in 2014 at State?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the first games of basketball played?

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

3. How did Coach Lou get interested in basketball?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Gene find his next story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women’s basketball was developed in 1892. Why were rules for basketball especially adapted to allow women to play? How did those rules reflect the gender bias that was prevalent at that time?

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

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?

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