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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 is the number of points Sooley scores in the final game of Central’s conference’s tournament?
2. Which of the following is assigned against Sooley at the beginning of Central’s game against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?
3. Which of the following is Central’s first opponent in the NCAA playoffs?
4. Which of the following stops Sooley on the street?
5. Whom of the following accompanies Grinnell to watch a Duke basketball game?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Britt get his players’ attention on the road to play Providence?
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 meant by the term “guarantee game” in the novel?
4. Why does Britt seek to avoid playing in the so-called First Four?
5. What score, and what statistics, does Sooley end with against Duke in the NCAA playoffs?
6. How is the “legend of Sooley” described to begin?
7. What is noted as present in the Duke Basketball Museum and Athletics Hall of Fame?
8. How does Sooley respond when Murray asks him to vacate his dorm room for the night?
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
Explicate the significance of Howard University’s mascots, the Bison.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the ethics of the guarantee game. Is it more good than bad? Is it more bad than good? By what measure? How so?
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