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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. What is Kevin doing when Maya approaches him with a gun in Chapter 49?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Homework.
(c) Jogging.
(d) Practicing hockey.

2. What does Benji promise to teach the bass player to do in Chapter 40?
(a) To dance.
(b) To skate.
(c) To draw.
(d) To read.

3. Who does Kevin's mother go to visit in Chapter 44?
(a) Jack.
(b) Bobo.
(c) Benji.
(d) Kevin.

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

5. Why does the narrator say that Jeanette frequently goes to the roof of the school in Chapter 38?
(a) To contemplate suicide.
(b) To pray.
(c) To drink.
(d) To smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the parcel that Kira receives from her daughter in Chapter 46?

2. Why does Kira's colleague want to crush her opponent in a particular case in Chapter 27?

3. Who defends Amat and Zacharias from the senior bullies in Chapter 25?

4. Who does Sune tell Ramona he misses in Chapter 41?

5. Sune is described in Chapter 26 as being as obsolete as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sune get a puppy? Why does he choose the puppy he takes?

2. What does Peter tell the professional hockey league scout in Chapter 27?

3. How does the author employ a red herring through Zacharias's character in Chapter 41?

4. What did Maya and Ana want to be when they grew up as little girls? How did their goals change?

5. What does Kevin's father offer to Amat in Chapter 39? Why?

6. What are examples of ways that Maya's peers and the townspeople turn against her?

7. What does Maya reveal to her parents in Chapter 29? How do they respond?

8. How is the face-off between Maya and Kevin described in Chapter 49?

9. What does Kevin say to Amat on the ice during practice in Chapter 26?

10. What foreshadowing pervades Chapter 42? What clues are given?

(see the answer keys)

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