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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Kevin's parents going when they drop Kevin off at the rink in Chapter 15?
(a) New York.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

2. What does Benji tell his sister he sees in the woods when they stop in Chapter 22?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Maya.
(c) A bear.
(d) Ana.

3. What is the name of Beartown's wealthy neighborhood?
(a) Hightower.
(b) Oak Ridge.
(c) Homestead.
(d) The Heights.

4. What do the older girld do when Ana asks about Maya's whereabouts at the party in Chapter 22?
(a) They start looking for Maya.
(b) They laugh at her.
(c) They call for the boys to help look for Maya.
(d) They walk away.

5. What does Kevin's mother do to create an explanation for the dent in the cellar door?
(a) She covers it with a towel.
(b) She jams the lock.
(c) She bangs her suitcase against it.
(d) The hits it with a sledge hammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what percent are the juniors told to play at in practice in Chapter 13?

2. Where in the house does Ana ask about Maya's whereabouts in the opening of Chapter 22?

3. Whom does Kevin feel a twinge of jealousy toward in Chapter 20?

4. In Chapter 22, the narrator states, "Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than" what (179)?

5. Who tells Amat that he can gave any girl at the party that he wants in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Benji's character introduced? What is Benji's family like?

2. What does Benji demand to know from Kevin in Chapter 23? What is Kevin's response?

3. Who is Adri? What is her profession? How is she connected to the main characters of the story?

4. How is Ana treated by the older girls at the party? How does she respond?

5. Who is Hog? What is his occupation? Who is his son?

6. Who is Tails and what is his involvement with the hockey team?

7. Who is Maggan Lyt and how is she presented in the novel?

8. How does Zacharias's friendship with Amat change after Amat begins playing with the junior team?

9. Compare and contrast the settings of the Heights and the Hollow. What characters live in each of these settings?

10. What does Amat discover when he opens Kevin's bedroom door at the party in Chapter 22?

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