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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. In which of the following does Christine note having worked?

2. By what margin does the Central basketball team lose its third game?

3. In which of the following are the First Four played?

4. Which of the following Central players is injured in the game against East Carolina?

5. Which of the following tries to make contact with Sooley at Central’s conference’s tournament?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is meant by the term “one-and-done” in the novel?

3. What is noted as strange in Central’s conference’s tournament?

4. How does Sooley assess the Central basketball team just before Thanksgiving (156)?

5. What premonition do the Central coaches discuss Sooley having had?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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