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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Benji going to meet when he gets a text message and asks his sister to turn around in Chapter 46?
(a) Ana.
(b) The bass player.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Maya.

2. Sune is described in Chapter 26 as being as obsolete as what?
(a) A reel-to-reel.
(b) A fax machine.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A cassette player.

3. What is the name of Tails's wife?
(a) Ana.
(b) Elisabeth.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Maria.

4. What does David observe when he finds Benji at the skating rink in Chapter 47?
(a) He sees Benji drinking and smoking marijuana.
(b) He sees Benji kissing the bass player.
(c) He sees Benji playing guitar with friends.
(d) He sees Benji praciticing hockey.

5. Who overhears the conversation between Bobo and Hog in Chapter 46?
(a) Ramona.
(b) Ann-Katrin.
(c) Zacharias.
(d) Holger.

6. What does Maya say in her text message to Amat in Chapter 44?
(a) "I miss you."
(b) "Don't help."
(c) "Thanks."
(d) "Stop calling."

7. Why does Ana insist that Maya must tell what happened to her?
(a) Because Kevin might rape someone else.
(b) Because she wants the hockey team to lose.
(c) Because Ana wants to see Brandon punished.
(d) Because Maya's fiance deserves to know the truth.

8. Why are Maya and Leo sleeping in the hallway in Chapter 41?
(a) To hide from their parents.
(b) Because their uncle is visiting.
(c) To avoid the windows.
(d) To be close to the heater.

9. What name is printed on the back of the jersey that Tails appears in, in Chapter 29?
(a) Johnsson.
(b) Ovich.
(c) Erdahl.
(d) Andersson.

10. What does one of the Pack members drop from his car in front of Amat in Chapter 45?
(a) A 1,000 kroner note.
(b) A hockey puck.
(c) A 5,000 kroner note.
(d) A hockey stick.

11. The narrator opens Chapter 35 saying that what "can be a deeply stimulating emotion" (273)?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Fear."
(c) "Empathy."
(d) "Hate."

12. The narrator opens Chapter 29 stating, "The most dangerous thing on the ice" is what (229)?
(a) "Moving without losing balance."
(b) "Lobbing the puck toward the goal."
(c) "Changing direction from forward to backward."
(d) "Being hit when you're not expecting it."

13. What does Jeanette do when she sees Benji ride away from the school on his bicycle in Chapter 25?
(a) She calls Benji's father.
(b) She calls the headmaster.
(c) She calls Benji's mother.
(d) She marks him as present.

14. Sune tells Benji in Chapter 26, "You know, when David first became a coach I always used to say to him that the best hockey players are like the best" what (207)?
(a) "Daughters."
(b) "Trophy wives."
(c) "Mother-in-laws."
(d) "Hunting dogs."

15. Where is author Fredrik Backman from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Finland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kevin say has borrowed his dad's car in Chapter 27?

2. What does Sune have to drink at the Bearskin in Chapter 41?

3. How old is the little girl that will later become a hockey star according to the narrator in Chapter 50?

4. What do Ana and Maya sit counting in Maya's room in Chapter 28?

5. How does the behavior of the townspeople change toward Fatima in Chapter 25?

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