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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 figures is an estimate of the number of South Sudanese refugees in Kenya, per the novel?

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

3. With which of the following does Ecko send home with those selected to the South Sudanese national youth team?

4. With which of the following does Ecko send home with those selected to the South Sudanese national youth team?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How are the Nukes described?

6. By what path does the South Sudanese national youth team travel to the United States?

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

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

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

10. How does Sooley describe the football team’s morning practices?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 5, Sooley is witness to an incident of sectarian violence. What narrative function does the incident serve, and how is that function achieved?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the nickname of the McDougald-McLendon Arena, “The Nest.”

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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