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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. By what margin does the Central basketball team lose its game against Furman?

2. To which of the following airports does the Central basketball team fly en route to Madison Square Garden?

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

4. Whom of the following is Grinnell’s brother?

5. Which of the following is the regular capacity of Central’s basketball gym?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What menu is on offer at the Walker Thanksgiving?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What significance accrues to the establishment of a UN school in Rhino Camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the South Sudanese national youth team coalesces, much attention is paid to the experiences of violence and tragedy among its members. What narrative function does the emphasis on such things serve, and how is that function achieved?

Essay Topic 2

What message should be taken from Central’s loss to Villanova in the NCAA playoffs? What evidence supporting that message appears in the text? How does that evidence support the message?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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