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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes the Horseshoe Bend game on the day of the game?
(a) Sooner has a broken collarbone.
(b) The coach is sick.
(c) Ben is in the hospital.
(d) Cody has hurt his knee.

2. What is Cody's nickname at school?
(a) Mountain.
(b) Big Wolf.
(c) Flash.
(d) Bull.

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

4. How old is Ben at the beginning of this book?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) It is unknown.
(d) Eighteen.

5. What does Ben do after he drives home from the doctor's office?
(a) Goes to the Tastee-Freez for ice cream.
(b) Goes to the church.
(c) Goes for a run.
(d) Goes to tell his brother.

6. Why does Ben go to the doctor about a month before his senior year begins?
(a) His mother insists he have a physical every year.
(b) He broke his toe.
(c) For a mandatory physical to participate in school sports.
(d) He has a cold he cannot shake.

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

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

9. What does Sooner do in the locker room?
(a) Picks a fight with other players.
(b) Breaks a bench when he jumps on it.
(c) Slips and falls on the wet floor.
(d) Hits a locker with his fist.

10. Where does Dr. Wagner take Ben in August?
(a) Provo, Utah.
(b) Salt Lake City.
(c) Denver.
(d) New York.

11. What does coach tell Ben about his truck?
(a) It needs a new muffler.
(b) He needs to put on a new starter.
(c) It needs to be washed and waxed.
(d) It looks good.

12. In what state in the United States does Ben live?
(a) California.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Utah.
(d) Wyoming.

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

14. What does Ben enjoy about the dance in Chapter 6?
(a) The girls who dance with him.
(b) The music.
(c) The football hero treatment.
(d) The food.

15. How does Ben contact Hey-Soos?
(a) In a near dream state.
(b) By just thinking about him.
(c) By breathing deeply for a few minutes.
(d) By going to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben understand about football that most do not?

2. What does Ben tell his therapist he is starting to feel?

3. What happens as the brothers are getting ready for the homecoming dance?

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

5. What is the first thing Ben thinks about after hearing about his illness?

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