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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 regular capacity of Central’s basketball gym?

2. Which of the following is the number of points Sooley scores against Central’s first opponent in the NCAA playoffs?

3. Which of the following players leaves the Central basketball team for Pico Community College?

4. On which of the following dates does Central play its last regular season game?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Britt get his players’ attention on the road to play Providence?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Early on, Ecko muses that “yet another seventeen-year-old was bored with the notion of stretching” (9), and throughout the novel, much is made of the fact that the young players do not spend much time stretching. Explicate the significance of the avoidance of stretching, supporting your ideas from the text.

Essay Topic 3

The novel depicts Ecko taking his players to Disney properties, despite his distaste for those properties. It notably excludes other noted parks in the Orlando area. What might the inclusion and exclusion reflect? How might they do so, based on the novel and experience?

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