Dragon Hoops

Dragon Hoops

Prologue

1. Where does Mr. Yang teach?

2. According to the pie chart, how much time does Yang spend with his family? How much time with teaching, and how much time as a comic book artist?

3. How long did it take Yang to complete the comic book he just finished working on?

4. What is the name of the coach of the varsity men’s basketball team? What does he tell Mr. Yang about the team?

Chapter 1

5. What year did the men’s basketball coach graduate high school?

6. What does Coach Lou say that Bishop O’Dowd had a reputation as?

7. Who does Coach Lou remember a hard fought game against during the California State tournament?

8. In what year was Coach Lou promoted to head coach? How many times has his team been to the state championship?

9. What are the names of Coach Lou’s two most promising players?

Chapter 2

10. What does the beginning of the chapter show a full-page view of?

11. Who does Yang read about that is often credited with inventing basketball?

12. In what year was the concept of dribbling introduced to basketball?

13. Why did basketball gain popularity early on in the cities?

14. Who are Coach Lou’s two star players? Which player is agile on the court and outspoken? Which player is shy, yet dominant on the court?

15. What superhero does the alley-oop remind Mr. Yang of?

16. What team did O’ Dowd lose to in the state championship last year?

17. Why does the assistant coach that Mr. Yang interviews say the next season will be tough?

Chapter 3

18. What type of drills is Coach Lou conducting with the team in the opening panel?

19. Who is O’Dowd playing in the next exhibition game?

20. Who was asked to make a statement before the game, but said he prefers to let the players’ performance speak for itself?

21. What’s the final score of the game?

22. What do Coach Lou and his assistant tell Jeevin to be thankful for?

23. What does Mr. Yang tell his wife he does not have any real control over? (Page 105)

24. What does Mr. Yang think will happen if the team doesn’t win the state championship?

Chapter 4

25. Where were the Harlem Globetrotters actually from?

26. In what year was the NBA formed? What two leagues merged to make the NBA?

27. What two teams played a game that caused the National Guard to have to step in?

28. Who was the first African-American to sign an NBA contract?

29. Where did Coach Lou play college basketball as a walk-on?

30. Who was the player who never started at O’Dowd, although he went on to play for U.C. Santa Barbara as well as a handful of NBA teams, where he earned three championship titles for various teams? 

31. What class did Mr. Yang have to take over from Mike Phelps several years prior?

Chapter 5 - “Bishop Gorman Gaels Vs. Bishop O’Dowd Dragons”

32. Which player asks Mr. Yang to draw his hairline differently?

33. What does Mr. Yang look up on his phone while he is in the bathroom?

34. What literary device are “Paap!,” “paa…paa…” and “ka-thunk!” examples of?

35. Who ends up winning the game between the Gaels and the Dragons?

36. How many players does Coach Lou say didn’t get to play in the game?

37. What is the name of the player who transfers to a different school?

Chapter 6

38. Where did Senda Berenson immigrate from? Why did she start exercising?

39. Who was the first female player to dunk? In what year was the recording recovered?

40. How many times has O'Dowd's women's basketball team won the state championship?

41. Who was O'Dowd's first McDonald's All-American?

42.  Who is the only other junior on the junior varsity team besides Arinze?

Chapter 7

43. Why does Mr. Yang tell his students he won't be in class at the beginning of the chapter?

44. Where is O’Dowd traveling to in order to play the #1 ranked team in the country? What station will the game be televised on?

45. Which player is frisked by airport security?

46. How much did the Montverde Eagles gymnasium cost?

47. What does Mr. Yang say he is in order to gain admission with the team?

48. Which team wins the game?

49. What comic is Mr. Yang offered to write for DC?

Chapter 8

50. Why did basketball become popular in Catholic schools during the 19th century?

51. How tall was George Mikan? What country did his parents immigrate from?

52. What college did George Mikan play basketball for? How many championships did he win after he entered the NBA?

53. Which NBA player paid for George Mikan’s funeral?

54. What percentage of California state championships has been won by Catholic schools?

55. What country is Jeevin Sandhu from? What religion does his family practice?

56. Who does Jeevin do a presentation on in history class?

57. What does Jeevin do before every game?

Chapter 9

58. Who does Bishop O’Dowd play on January 10, 2015?

59. Who is the man in the wheelchair?

60. What is the name of the tournament in Missouri?

61. Who says that they go “hunting and fishing and all that stuff?”

62. What does DC Comics tell Mr. Yang they want to do with the Superman character?

63. Who forgets their shoes?

64. Who does Mr. Yang see an apparition of who throws him a ball towards the end of the chapter?

Chapter 10

65. In what year did Christian missionaries from the YMCA introduce basketball to China?

66. In what year did Mao Zedong die?

67. In what year was the Chinese Basketball Association established? What were the names of the two Chinese players that were drafted by the NBA in 2001 and 2002?

68. In what year did China host the Olympics?

69.  In what state did Alex first win a championship when he came to the United States?

70. What type of surgery did Alex have to have after playing in a 2014-2015 game?

Chapter 11

71. Where does Jeevin tell Mr. Yang the taunting is worse than what he recently experienced?

72. Which player breaks the school record with 43 points in a game?

73. Why does Coach Lou almost not let Paris play against the Campolindo Cougars?

74. What team does O’Dowd play in the 2015 North Coast Section Championship? Who does Mr. Yang decide to ignore a phone call from before the game?

75. Who does Mr. Yang tell that he plans to leave teaching?

76. How does Coach Lou say he pulled his hamstring?

Chapter 12

77. Who does Austin Walker say he is often confused with?

78. What does Austin’s father do for a job?

79. Who is Mr. Yang still unsure about including in his book? Why was this person put on administrative leave?

80. How does Coach Lou respond when asked about Coach Phelps?

81. Who does Mr. Yang meet with at the end of the chapter? What do you think he is going to tell him? 

Chapter 13

82. Who does O’Dowd play in the California State Championship Game?

83. What is the name of the winningest coach in high school basketball?

84. Which team is winning at halftime?

85. What’s the score at the end of the third quarter?

86. Which player scores a layup that takes the game into overtime?

87. Who shoots the game winning foul shot?

88. Who makes a tearful phone call after the game ends?

Epilogue

89. What is the name of the Sacramento mayor and former NBA All-Star who speaks to the O’Dowd men’s and women’s team?

90. Which player does Mr. Yang find out was getting a ride to practice in the morning from Coach Lou?

91. How many years was Mr. Yang at O’Dowd before deciding to retire?

92. Which fictional character’s hidden identity does Mr. Yang compare with Ivan and Paris?

93. Who is Mr. Yang playing basketball with at the end of the book?