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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 does Jeanette do when she sees Benji ride away from the school on his bicycle in Chapter 25?

2. What does Ramona feed to the puppy in Chapter 41?

3. What does Leo hear Maya smash in her room in Chapter 33?

4. How old is the little girl that will later become a hockey star according to the narrator in Chapter 50?

5. What does Kira do when she has driven into the forest after dropping Maya off at school in Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Hog's conversation with Bobo described in Chapter 46?

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

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

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

Analyze and discuss the character of Peter Andersson in the novel. What is Peter's position in relation to the Beartown Hockey Club? What obstacles and conflicts does Peter face after learning of his daughter's rape? How does he face these obstacles?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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