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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 number of South Sudanese the IRC reports resettling in 40 years?

2. Which of the following is Sooley’s first hourly rate of pay?

3. Which of the following figures is an estimate of the number of South Sudanese displaced, per the novel?

4. Which of the following is noted as the amount remitted home by immigrants around the world?

5. At whom of the following does Ecko leave his players while he takes Sooley to the embassy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ecko’s initial assessment of Sooley’s shooting (9)?

2. How is the tent Beatrice receives described (114)?

3. What does Ecko note to Sooley as “the same basic parts” of a good jump shot (13)?

4. What is cited as a weakness of Sooley’s speed?

5. What are the preseason college rankings Britt notes?

6. What reasons are given for the difficulty in placing players in high schools?

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

8. What reasons are given for the poor state of bus service in South Sudan?

9. What reasons are noted for Britt eschewing strength training among his players?

10. When Sooley is invited to try out for the South Sudanese national youth team, how does his village mark the occasion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The novel depicts Ecko taking his players to Disney properties, despite his distaste for those properties. It notably excludes other noted parks in the Orlando area. What might the inclusion and exclusion reflect? How might they do so, based on the novel and experience?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Sooley’s name and nickname. Are the two in tension, or in accord? How so?

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