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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 players is a freshman at Central?
2. Which of the following is the number of South Sudanese the IRC reports resettling in 40 years?
3. Which of the following does Murray’s mother lead?
4. Which of the following is noted as the amount remitted home by immigrants around the world?
5. Which of the following is placed on the South Sudanese national youth team alongside Sooley?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Sooley settles into his dorm room, what does he do to ease his conscience about being away from his family?
2. What is cited as a weakness of Sooley’s speed?
3. What prompts Sooley to leave the reading area at the University of Juba amid his tryouts for the South Sudanese national youth team?
4. What reasons are given for the poor state of bus service in South Sudan?
5. Of what does Beatrice dream concerning Sooley, Angelina, and Ayak?
6. When the South Sudanese national youth team assembles, what overall idea does Ecko impart to the players?
7. How are the Nukes described?
8. What reasons does Murray give for attending Central?
9. After receiving his first call from Beatrice in Rhino Camp, what thoughts does Sooley have about Angelina?
10. How does Sooley gloss the situation of South Sudanese refugees (101)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It is clear that Sooley is the protagonist of the novel that carries his nickname. Who is the second-most-important character in the novel? How does the novel indicate as much?
Essay Topic 2
Sooley muses that “Football was a strange game” (105). What function does the observation serve in the novel, and how is that function achieved?
Essay Topic 3
What is the overall moral of the novel, if there is one? What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?
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