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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 word has been scrawled on Maya's locker door after Kevin's arrest?

2. On what day of the week does Chapter 28 take place?

3. Why does Benji say he chooses the puppy that he does for Sune in Chapter 26?

4. What does Mr. Erdahl order at the Bearskin in Chapter 42?

5. Who defends Amat and Zacharias from the senior bullies in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Benji's relationship to the bass player?

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

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

4. What does Maya reveal to her parents in Chapter 29? How do they respond?

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

6. How is the face-off between Maya and Kevin described in Chapter 49?

7. What does Benji do to the opposing team members in Chapter 32? Why?

8. Why does Sune get a puppy? Why does he choose the puppy he takes?

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

10. What are examples of ways that Maya's peers and the townspeople turn against her?

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

Discuss the role of the media in Beartown. How are the journalists perceived that come to investigate the charges against Kevin? Who agrees to speak with the journalists? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the different mothers seen in Beartown. In what ways are they similar? How are they different? Is there a difference between the perceptions of the mothers in the story regarding Kevin's actions than the men? Why or why not?

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