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

2. Kira convinced Peter to return to Beartown and take the GM job because she hoped it would help him with his grief in losing whom?

3. Who tells the hockey club president that he does not think that David is ready to take over for Sune in Chapter 9?

4. How old does the narrator describe Maya as in Chapter 2?

5. How does the narrator say that Peter and Kira wake up in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Jeanette find at the high school after the alarm has gone off in Chapter 24? What is this character doing at the school?

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

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

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

6. How is Lars described? What is his position?

7. What occurs in Kevin's room during the party in Chapter 21?

8. What sound is indicated in italics in Chapter 2? What does this foreshadow?

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

10. Why do David and Peter argue in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of community in the novel. What does community mean on a basic level for the characters in the story? What are the negative aspects of community that are explored? What symbolism connects with this theme?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the theme of loyalty in Beartown. How is this theme developed through character? How is it developed through setting? What are examples of symbolism or imagery connected to this theme?

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