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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 minutes Sooley plays in his first game for Central?

2. At which of the following times is Sooley’s appointment with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration?

3. From which of the following does Christine hail?

4. Which of the following is the captain of the Central basketball team?

5. Which of the following Central players is injured in the game against East Carolina?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Ecko’s travel schedule leading up to his visit to Rhino Camp?

9. How does Sooley assess the Central basketball team just before Thanksgiving (156)?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The comment is made that “massacres were so common that another one was not newsworthy” in South Sudan (79). What significance does the comment have, and how is that significance manifested in the novel and in experience?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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