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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 Central players is injured in the game against East Carolina?
2. Which of the following amounts of money does Beatrice note Sooley has sent her?
3. The comment that “He finished with a jarring, rim-rattling, windmill dunk that sent quakes all the way to South Sudan” (238) offers an example of which of the following?
4. Against which of the following teams is Central scheduled to play at Madison Square Garden?
5. Which of the following is Central’s first opponent in the NCAA playoffs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Of what does Murray assure Sooley in the lead-up to the final regular-season game?
2. How does Beatrice attempt to address her failing tent in Rhino Camp?
3. What menu is on offer at the Walker Thanksgiving?
4. What is noted as strange in Central’s conference’s tournament?
5. Why does Britt seek to avoid playing in the so-called First Four?
6. How does Sooley respond when Murray asks him to vacate his dorm room for the night?
7. What happens in the wake of Central’s victory over Howard?
8. What is meant by the term “guarantee game” in the novel?
9. What is Ecko’s travel schedule leading up to his visit to Rhino Camp?
10. What is meant by the term “one-and-done” in the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the significance of Angelina’s name.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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