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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. The narrator opens Chapter 38 by saying, "There are damn few things in life that are harder than admitting to yourself that you're" what (293)?

2. Where is author Fredrik Backman from?

3. Who does Kevin say has borrowed his dad's car in Chapter 27?

4. What does Jeanette ask Adri in Chapter 47?

5. Who is Benji going to meet when he gets a text message and asks his sister to turn around in Chapter 46?

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 position does Ramona take regarding the rape allegation? Why?

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

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

5. What did Maya and Ana want to be when they grew up as little girls? How did their goals change?

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

7. What does Kevin say to Amat on the ice during practice in Chapter 26?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of sexism in Beartown. In what ways are the women of Beartown distinguished from the men of the town? What role does hockey play in the separation of men and women? How does the author display the sexism inherent in the townspeople?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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