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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what margin does the Central basketball team lose its game against Furman?
(a) 31 points.
(b) 5 points.
(c) 30 points.
(d) 15 points.

2. By what margin does the Central basketball team lose its third game?
(a) 15 points.
(b) 30 points.
(c) 5 points.
(d) 31 points.

3. For which of the following does Grinnell note having played?
(a) University of South Carolina Upstate.
(b) Converse.
(c) Wofford.
(d) Spartanburg Methodist.

4. From which of the following does Christine hail?
(a) Besançon.
(b) Pontarlier.
(c) Vesoul.
(d) Montbéliard.

5. Which of the following Central players is injured in the game against East Carolina?
(a) Duffy Sunday.
(b) Murray Walker.
(c) Harry Greenwood.
(d) Evan Tucker.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following schools does the Central basketball team practice for its Final Four debut?

2. From which of the following conferences does Central’s first opponent in the NCAA playoffs come?

3. To which of the following airports does the Central basketball team fly en route to Madison Square Garden?

4. Which of the following is Central’s margin of victory over Coppin State?

5. Which of the following is assigned against Sooley at the beginning of Central’s game against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What menu is on offer at the Walker Thanksgiving?

2. How is the “legend of Sooley” described to begin?

3. What is meant by the term “guarantee game” in the novel?

4. How does Sooley respond when Murray asks him to vacate his dorm room for the night?

5. How does Britt get his players’ attention on the road to play Providence?

6. What significance accrues to the establishment of a UN school in Rhino Camp?

7. How does Beatrice compare and contrast her situation with her parents’?

8. What premonition do the Central coaches discuss Sooley having had?

9. What score, and what statistics, does Sooley end with against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?

10. Why does Britt seek to avoid playing in the so-called First Four?

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