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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ben think most people do in their senior year of high school?
(a) Ben doesn't mention this issue.
(b) Work harder than any other year.
(c) Do pretty much what they were doing before.
(d) Goof-off.

2. What does Ben say is the reasons he plays football so well?
(a) It is about strategy.
(b) He is highly focused.
(c) He played pro ball in a previous life.
(d) He does not think he plays all that well.

3. How much older is Ben than Cody?
(a) Eleven months.
(b) Sixteen months.
(c) They are twins.
(d) Two years.

4. How does Ben fear about dying?
(a) Excited.
(b) Deeply depressed.
(c) Curious and slightly fearful.
(d) Terrified.

5. What affect does grueling practices have on the football team?
(a) The players are becoming resentful.
(b) The team as a whole are making poor grades in school.
(c) They are winning their games.
(d) The team is getting too tired.

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

7. What does Rudy say when Ben asks him about having been a Catholic priest?
(a) He tells Ben about his last church.
(b) He tells Ben he is no longer a Catholic.
(c) He does not want to talk about it.
(d) He tells him about seminary.

8. How does Cody and Ben's mother feel about the game?
(a) She is not there.
(b) She is thrilled.
(c) She is afraid for them to play football.
(d) She is angry.

9. Where does Ben go after he leaves Dallas's house?
(a) To the lake.
(b) To the mountains.
(c) To an all night diner.
(d) To the school.

10. When did Cody become the school quarterback?
(a) In his sophomore year.
(b) In his junior year.
(c) He is not the quarterback.
(d) In his senior year.

11. What does Dallas ask Ben at lunch in Chapter 7?
(a) If he enjoyed sex with her.
(b) When they are going out again.
(c) If he plans to stay on the football team.
(d) Why he is reading Malcolm X's autobiography.

12. Why do Ben and Cody want their team to do well at the Horseshoe Bend game?
(a) So the scouts see Cody in a good light.
(b) Their cousin plays for them.
(c) They have beat everyone this season.
(d) They are their traditional rivals.

13. What does Ben's therapist encourage him to do?
(a) Get treatment.
(b) Talk to his parents.
(c) Joke a lot.
(d) Stay on task.

14. What is Cody and Ben's mother doing when they get home in Chapter 6?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Crying on the sofa.
(c) Making dinner.
(d) Cleaning house.

15. What is wrong with Ben's mother?
(a) She has early dementia.
(b) She is a schizophrenic.
(c) She is manic-depressive.
(d) She is an alcoholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben think when he sees everything in a new light at the dance?

2. What does Ben enjoy about the dance in Chapter 6?

3. What does Ben want to do with his teachers in his senior year?

4. How does Ben contact Hey-Soos?

5. What does Hey-Soos say is a big thing to Ben?

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