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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. For which of the following teams does Niollo play during his career?

2. On which of the following charges does Britt note having had players arrested?

3. Which of the following is noted as the amount remitted home by immigrants form South Sudan?

4. In which of the following Durham neighborhoods do the Walkers live?

5. Which of the following is a South Sudanese daily newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ecko describe the structure of the games the South Sudanese youth team will play in Orlando (49)?

2. How does Sooley gloss the situation of South Sudanese refugees (101)?

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

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

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

6. What are the preseason college rankings Britt notes?

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

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

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

10. To what duties is Sooley assigned in his first employment on campus at Central?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Sooley on a number of bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of Howard University’s mascots, the Bison.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ethics of the guarantee game. Is it more good than bad? Is it more bad than good? By what measure? How so?

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