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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. What does Benji tell his sister he sees in the woods when they stop in Chapter 22?

2. Who is the bully that picks on Amat and his friends in Chapter 7?

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

4. Who does the teacher find at the headmaster's office when she arrives to report her class in Chapter 10?

5. Where does the narrator describe the teenager killing someone in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Amat's first practice with the juniors described in Chapter 13?

2. How old was Benji when his father died? How did his father die?

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

4. How is the setting of the Barn described? Who owns this establishment?

5. What are the obstacles that Jeanette faces with her class in Chapter 10?

6. What does the banner say that is seen in the hockey club president's office? What does it represent?

7. Who is Ramona and what is her relationship to the Pack?

8. Who is Robbie Holts and what is revealed about his backstory?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Beartown. Where in the novel does the exposition transition to rising action? What is the inciting event that propels the plot forward? Where does the climax occur? What information is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the character of Benji Ovich in Beartown. How old is Benji? What aspects of Benji's character set him apart from the other players on the hockey team? Do you think that Benji is an admirable character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the legal aspects of the case against Kevin in the novel. With what is Kevin accused? Who stands as witnesses to the crime? Why is the case ultimately dismissed? Do you think it might have been possible to pursue the case further? Why or why not?

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