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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. In Chapter 14, what does Peter remember that he, Tails, and Hog, would play with when they played hockey in parking lots?

2. How old is Amat in Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 9, how many hours a day does Richard Theo work?

4. In Chapter 10, how many men come to the bar where Benji is to beat him up for having a bear tattoo?

5. In Chapter 8, who taught Benji to hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 19, how does Benji looks when he comes into class?

2. What qualifications does Elisabeth Zackell have to be an ice hockey coach?

3. In Chapter 9, why are Amat and Bobo not welcome at the Hed Hockey Club?

4. In Chapter 1, how does the narrator say that Beartown lost its way?

5. In Chapter 16, how does Kira feel about living with the dictates of hockey, and why does she tell Peter to go save his club?

6. In Chapter 5, what is learned about Peter and hockey?

7. In Chapter 12, why does Leo feel free to go in his sister's room?

8. In Chapter 7, what is the Bearskin pub like and how would you describe its owner?

9. In Chapter 15, what problems has Vidar Rinnius had?

10. In Chapter 11, what is the "kitty" (95) and how is it used?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violence is a theme in the novel. How does the author present the theme of violence in the novel? How does violence affect the town and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Maya, Ana, and Benji all mature and come of age in the novel. What events and circumstances cause the teens to mature and come of age? Would they have matured and found their identity and place in life without experiencing tragedy and difficulty?

Essay Topic 3

Amat, Lifa, and Zacharias have been friends since childhood, but they have grown apart as they have gotten older. How would you describe the relationship between the boys when they were younger? How have they drifted apart? What incident reveals that they are still friends? What does that incident reveal about friends and friendship?

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