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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. 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?

2. Which of the following is the stated capacity of Cameron Indoor at Duke?

3. For which of the following does Grinnell note having played?

4. At which of the following schools does the Central basketball team practice for its Final Four debut?

5. Which of the following is the number of minutes Sooley plays in his first game for Central?

Short Essay Questions

1. What score, and what statistics, does Sooley end with against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Beatrice attempt to address her failing tent in Rhino Camp?

7. How does Sooley respond when Murray asks him to vacate his dorm room for the night?

8. How does Beatrice compare and contrast her situation with her parents’?

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

10. How does Sooley regard Robin when she visits after his meeting with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much is made about the state of South Sudanese refugees in the novel. What narrative significance does the focus have, and how is that significance manifested in the novel and in experience?

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of Sooley’s name and nickname. Are the two in tension, or in accord? How so?

Essay Topic 3

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

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