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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Ice warned Greg about?
(a) His attitude was going to lose the game for the team.
(b) Nick was going to quit the team.
(c) There were cops at the game setting up a bust.
(d) Brothers had good game.

2. What did Carver's center do to Jimmy?
(a) Tripped him.
(b) Verbally taunted him about his parents.
(c) He spat on him.
(d) Grabbed him by the throat.

3. How did Mtisha think Greg reacted to math?
(a) As if it were poison.
(b) As if he were scared of it.
(c) As if it were a gift.
(d) As if it made him sick.

4. How did Greg feel about his SAT score?
(a) He thought they were all right.
(b) He cried.
(c) He was depressed by the score.
(d) He was amazed at how well he did.

5. Why was Grandma sent home from the hospital?
(a) They thought she had a bad attitude.
(b) She wasn't doing worse or better.
(c) The family couldn't afford the hospital bills.
(d) They decided to treat her condition nutritionally.

6. What had happened to Willie King?
(a) He had gone to college.
(b) He joined the Harlem Globetrotters.
(c) He joined the NBA.
(d) He had gone to prison.

7. What was unusual about Derek when Greg went home?
(a) He was quieter than usual.
(b) He wouldn't stop talking.
(c) He had a fever.
(d) He had a limp.

8. Who is in the game off the court according to Goldy?
(a) Greg, Ice, and Mtisha.
(b) Everyone.
(c) Just Ice.
(d) Just Greg.

9. What was it like playing against Ice?
(a) You never knew what he was going to do.
(b) He was highly predictable.
(c) You could walk all over him.
(d) There was a good chance you would get hurt.

10. What was the point of the Trinity game?
(a) To show off their new strategies.
(b) To buck up Ducky's confidence.
(c) To destroy the other team.
(d) To make Nick look good.

11. What happened in the last second of the game against Trinity?
(a) Greg got a basket, but time had run out so it didn't count..
(b) Nick got a basket, but time had run out so it didn't count.
(c) Greg got a basket, and they won the game.
(d) Nick got a basket, and they won the game.

12. How did Ducky do in the game against Country Day?
(a) He had a new competence on the court.
(b) He finally got to Slam the ball.
(c) He played very poorly.
(d) He acted like he knew what he was doing.

13. How does Greg feel about fighting Nick?
(a) He knows he can stomp the other boy.
(b) He doesn't really want to.
(c) It scares him.
(d) He has been waiting for the chance.

14. How did Greg feel watching the game at Carver?
(a) Excited.
(b) Bored.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Depressed.

15. Why was Mtisha calling after the Carver game?
(a) To congratulate Greg on the game.
(b) To see how his grandmother was doing.
(c) To see how Greg was doing in math.
(d) To see if Greg was going to go with her to Ice's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Greg go into the second half of the game against Carver?

2. What plans did Greg have for the evening?

3. How did Ice play the second half?

4. What was Greg doing when Mtisha showed up?

5. What did Greg have to adjust before he played?

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