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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 calls the headmaster furious and telling him to do his job in Chapter 36?

2. With whom does Kevin's mother have coffee in Chapter 46?

3. The narrator opens Chapter 29 stating, "The most dangerous thing on the ice" is what (229)?

4. What kind of car stops as Amat walks home to offer him a ride in Chapter 38?

5. Who is the husband of the nurse that examines Maya in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ramona respond when Kevin's father comes to speak with her at her bar in Chapter 42?

2. What does Kevin do with the 100 kroner note in Chapter 25? Why?

3. What impact does Kevin's arrest have on the team and the finals game?

4. What do Benji and Kevin's mother discuss in Chapter 44? What does this discussion lead Kevin's mother to realize?

5. Why is the case against Kevin dismissed? How do Peter and Kira react to this news?

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

7. What does Kira go to the Bearskin to find out in Chapter 47? What does she learn?

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

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

10. What position does Ramona take regarding the rape allegation? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Amat in Beartown. How old is Amat? Why does he stand apart from the other players on his team? In what ways does Amat demonstrate compassion and empathy in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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