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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. How has Benji been injured in the game in Chapter 33?

2. With whom does Zacharias get into a quarrel in Chapter 30?

3. The narrator says in Chapter 35, "Benji always sought out the strongest physical sensations because they" did what (275)?

4. What does Sune have to drink at the Bearskin in Chapter 41?

5. How much money does Kevin's father give to Amat in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David react when he sees Benji kissing a boy in Chapter 47?

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

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

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

5. How is Maya's experience at the police station described in Chapter 30?

6. How are the themes of denial and avoidance demonstrated in Chapter 36?

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

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

9. What future plans does Jeanette develop with Adri in Chapter 47?

10. What does Kevin's mother do at her home in Chapter 37? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Beartown. Where in the novel does the exposition transition to rising action? What is the inciting event that propels the plot forward? Where does the climax occur? What information is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of Beartown. From whose perspective is the story related? Is the story told in the present or past tense? What is the significance of each of these choices by the author?

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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