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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. Which of the following is the South Sudanese national youth team’s margin of victory against Ukraine?

2. Which of the following teams does the Central football team play against first?

3. Which of the following is Chol’s age when Sooley is placed on the South Sudanese national youth team?

4. Which of the following is the number of seats noted in the gym at Central?

5. Which of the following is the number of South Sudanese the IRC reports resettling in 40 years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What threat do the South Sudanese soldiers note Sooley might have faced had they not interdicted the attack on his bus home?

2. How is Ecko Lam introduced in the text (8)?

3. What reasons are given for Ecko’s insistence on good behavior by the South Sudanese national youth team?

4. Britt notes a collection going around for Sooley’s family (144). Why does he say he cannot contribute to it?

5. When the South Sudanese national youth team assembles, what overall idea does Ecko impart to the players?

6. What is noted as present in the Magic locker room (55)?

7. What motivations does Sooley posit Christine has for working in Uganda?

8. After receiving his first call from Beatrice in Rhino Camp, what thoughts does Sooley have about Angelina?

9. Of what does Beatrice dream concerning Sooley, Angelina, and Ayak?

10. Describe the first organized event of the South Sudanese national youth team tryout (12).

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of Angelina’s name.

Essay Topic 2

As the South Sudanese national youth team coalesces, much attention is paid to the experiences of violence and tragedy among its members. What narrative function does the emphasis on such things serve, and how is that function achieved?

Essay Topic 3

Early on, Ecko muses that “yet another seventeen-year-old was bored with the notion of stretching” (9), and throughout the novel, much is made of the fact that the young players do not spend much time stretching. Explicate the significance of the avoidance of stretching, supporting your ideas from the text.

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