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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. Against which of the following teams does Central play its last regular season game?

2. Whom of the following players accompanies Britt to the press conference after the game against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?

3. Which of the following does Murray note Central pays for a guarantee game?

4. In which of the following years did the NCAA postseason playoff begin?

5. At which of the following times is Sooley’s appointment with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance accrues to the establishment of a UN school in Rhino Camp?

2. What does Sooley muse is at the root of Murray’s problems on the court when Britt asks him about them (156)?

3. What is Ecko’s travel schedule leading up to his visit to Rhino Camp?

4. Why does Britt seek to avoid playing in the so-called First Four?

5. How is the “legend of Sooley” described to begin?

6. Of what does Murray assure Sooley in the lead-up to the final regular-season game?

7. What is noted as present in the Duke Basketball Museum and Athletics Hall of Fame?

8. What is meant by the term “guarantee game” in the novel?

9. To what is Sooley’s weight gain between August and December attributed, and what form does it take?

10. What problems are noted with Sooley’s Christmas call to Rhino Camp (176)?

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

What message should be taken from Central’s loss to Villanova in the NCAA playoffs? What evidence supporting that message appears in the text? How does that evidence support the message?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, Murray’s mother is referred to and addressed as Miss Ida. What significance does the persistence of the title have? How does that significance manifest in the novel?

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