View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maya do in bed in the morning of Chapter 2?

2. Who tells Maya, "Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason" (3)?

3. What is the name of Benji's youngest sister?

4. Who does Jeanette recall playing hockey with in Hed in Chapter 24?

5. Who is the teacher that struggles to control her class in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How would you describe Fatima's relationship with her son?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of responsibility in Beartown. How do the adults in the novel demonstrate responsibility? How do they demonstrate irresponsibility? What characters own up to their responsibility in the novel? How?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Peter Andersson in the novel. What is Peter's position in relation to the Beartown Hockey Club? What obstacles and conflicts does Peter face after learning of his daughter's rape? How does he face these obstacles?

Essay Topic 3

Complete an essay that addresses and discusses the following: In 2017-2018 many accusations have arisen against powerful men in the entertainment, journalism, and political arenas. How do these allegations compare with those at the center of Beartown? Do you think that in our contemporary atmosphere, the events of this story would have turned out as they did? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 726 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample