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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 happened in the last second of the game against Trinity?

2. How did Greg feel about his SAT score?

3. Why was Grandma sent home from the hospital?

4. What did Greg do to Mtisha that was totally the right move?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is holding Greg back from chances at a college scholarship?

2. How does Ice help the man having a heart attack?

3. What happens when the coach asks Greg to join the game at Hunter at the end of the first half?

4. Why is the college scout at the game, and how does Greg feel about it?

5. Why did the doctors let Greg's grandma out of the hospital?

6. Why did Greg have a confrontation with Mr. Parrish, and how did he react to the confrontation?

7. How does Greg feel about visiting his former school?

8. Why did Greg get into a fight with Jimmy, and what did Nick think about it?

9. What happens when Derek loses the video camera?

10. How is Greg challenged at the Carver game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Goldy lectures Greg about being a team player. How does Greg react to this initially? How does it change how he plays?

Essay Topic 2

Ice's party is important to the story in a good way and in a bad way. What were the good and bad aspects of the party?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Ice's actions and their great impact on Greg. How did Ice's actions change Greg in life and on the court?

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