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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. Who is the coach whose firing is discussed by the board members in Chapter 4?

2. Who does Maya run to after the game in Chapter 18?

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

4. How much lighter is Amat than Bobo, according to the narrator in Chapter 13?

5. What is Benji's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What are the circumstances surrounding Sune in the beginning of the novel?

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

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

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

10. What is the bet that William Lyt makes in Chapter 21? What is the significance of this bet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of hockey as a metaphor in Beartown. What does the game represent on a basic level? What is the game's importance to the main characters in the story? How does hockey relate to life and to coming of age?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Maya Andersson in Beartown. How old is Maya? What position does Maya hold in the community in the beginning of the novel? How does that position change in the course of the story? In what ways does Maya's character evolve in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of alienation in Beartown. What characters in the story are outcasts and what makes them so? How are all of the inhabitants of Beartown alienated in some way from their surroundings? What symbolism connects to this theme?

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