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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 Benji take the bass player in Chapter 45?

2. Where does Ana tell Maya they are going to move after school in Chapter 42?

3. What did Ana briefly consider having a career in as a child?

4. What is the name of Tails's wife?

5. Who attempts to defend Amat when the hockey players attack him in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Ana to the realization of what happened to Maya in Chapter 27?

2. Who intervenes when Zacharias and Amat are bullied by seniors in Chapter 25? Why?

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

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

5. What does Kevin's father offer to Amat in Chapter 39? Why?

6. Who attempts to defend Amat when the team players attack him in Chapter 45? Why?

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

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

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

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 family in Beartown. What does family mean to the characters in the novel? How do these characters demonstrate their belief in family? In what ways is family illustrated as a positive force? In what ways is it depicted as a negative force?

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

How does the friendship between Ana and Maya evolve in the course of the novel? What are the conflicts that the girls face in regards to their friendship? Is their friendship ultimately strong enough to overcome those obstacles? Why or why not?

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