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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One does Sooner do to make the game more difficult?
(a) Flirts with their cheerleaders.
(b) Insults one of the captains.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Trips one of their best players.

2. What kind of list does Ben make?
(a) Of the names he would give his children if he lives.
(b) Of things he wants to do before he dies.
(c) Of the ways he can help himself get well.
(d) Of all the reasons he feels blessed.

3. To what does Hey-Soos compare life?
(a) A play.
(b) A television series.
(c) An action movie.
(d) A video game.

4. Why does Dallas kick Ben out of the house?
(a) For talking in front of Joe Henry.
(b) For refusing to go to a specialist.
(c) For keeping the secret from her all these months.
(d) She does not kick him out.

5. What does Ben's father see as a change in Ben?
(a) That Ben seems to be fighting a lot of battles.
(b) That Ben is more moody.
(c) That Ben is more focused.
(d) That Ben seems depressed.

6. What does Rudy confess to Ben?
(a) He was raped by his uncle.
(b) He was never a priest.
(c) He was kicked out of the priesthood for being gay.
(d) He is a child molester.

7. What does Rudy share with Ben?
(a) That Rudy believes Ben will live.
(b) Rudy's beliefs.
(c) The name of Rudy's family.
(d) Rudy's emotional pain.

8. What is special about the game in Chapter 13?
(a) Ben's team lost it.
(b) It is Ben's last game.
(c) Ben's mother came to see it.
(d) Cody is called by a scout.

9. What does Ben find about football in early November?
(a) It is very violent.
(b) It isn't as easy as it was a month before.
(c) It is not a sport he likes.
(d) It causes a lot of pain.

10. What does Lambeer ask Ben in early December?
(a) If he has considered changing his project.
(b) If he wants to work on a group extra credit project.
(c) If he has finished his project.
(d) If he knows he is failing.

11. What does Ben say he is better at than Rudy?
(a) Believing in himself.
(b) Running.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Praying.

12. What factor does Mr. Lambeer mention to tell Ben he can't do his project?
(a) The process for renaming a street is not open to non-tax payers.
(b) The bond levy.
(c) He does not mention a factor.
(d) The requirement for more current historical events.

13. What assignment does the therapist give Ben?
(a) To tell his parents about his illness.
(b) To write down what he wants to do before he dies.
(c) To write a pro and con list for treatment.
(d) To talk to Dr. Wagner one more time.

14. How does Ben feel about spending so much time with Joe Henry?
(a) He is indifferent to it.
(b) He enjoys it.
(c) He is bored by it.
(d) He hates it.

15. What does Dallas ask Ben about him and her?
(a) If he wants to date in college.
(b) If he wants to go steady.
(c) If he thinks they have a future.
(d) If he is going a long way away for college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben regret on Christmas Eve?

2. About what does Ben ask Coach?

3. What surprises Rudy?

4. What reason does Ben give for not telling Coach sooner?

5. Why does the coach bring Thanksgiving dinner to Ben's house?

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