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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the song Ben hears on his player say about dying?
(a) Dying old and in bed.
(b) The world is a rotten place so die young.
(c) Dying young and getting a lot of attention.
(d) Waiting until you're too old to die young.

2. Where do the players go after the coach talks to them?
(a) To his house for dinner.
(b) A special luncheon.
(c) To the practice field.
(d) Home.

3. What does Rudy say is the reason Malcolm X was hated by many?
(a) He made people look at some hard truths.
(b) He was too good of a writer.
(c) He hated white people.
(d) He threatened the existing power structure.

4. What does Coach say about the question Ben asks?
(a) It was long in the past and he does not want to discuss it.
(b) Coach wishes Coach had been more prepared.
(c) His son had only been three days old.
(d) Coach felt that Ben earned the team slot; it was not a gift.

5. What talk does Ben's father mention to Ben?
(a) The mother is ill talk.
(b) The football talk.
(c) The sex talk.
(d) The college talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coach say about the Malcolm X project?

2. What does coach think about Cody?

3. Why does Ben say he will continue to visit Rudy?

4. What does Ben's new therapist threaten to do?

5. What does Ben decide to do about his illness?

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