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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what do Ben and Cody spend time before the Horseshoe Bend game?
(a) Lifting weights.
(b) Watching videos of their games.
(c) Throwing the football.
(d) Planning strategies.

2. What is the first thing Ben thinks about after hearing about his illness?
(a) Finishing school.
(b) Telling his brother.
(c) His mother's reaction.
(d) Finding a viable treatment.

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

4. What do the veteran football players think of Ben playing?
(a) He is too young.
(b) He is a great addition to the team.
(c) He is too small.
(d) He is very fast.

5. What does Ben tell Dr. Wagner about his parents?
(a) He does not want them to know about his illness.
(b) He will tell them in a couple of weeks.
(c) He will tell them that night.
(d) Dr. Wagner can meet with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ben contact Hey-Soos?

2. What does Rudy show Ben when he stops by his room?

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

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

5. How does Ben fear about dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sport does Ben try out for, and what do the other players think about him playing that sport?

2. How does Lambeer find out what Ben is reading and what does he say about it?

3. How does Ben find out he might have a serious physical illness, and how does Ben insist he learn about this illness?

4. What is the compromise between Ben and Dr. Wagner concerning Ben wanting to keep his illness a secret and what does the person tell him he goes to see?

5. What does the doctor tell Ben and what does the doctor do to be certain about his information?

6. What does Ben ask his father about his mother and what is his father's response?

7. What is happening to Ben in Lambeer's class, what project does Ben decide upon and what is Lambeer's opinion of the project?

8. What does Ben want from his teachers in his senior year, what teacher is going to be a problem with his goal, and why might the teacher be an impediment?

9. What do they find out on the day of the Horseshoe Bend game, and how will this information affect the game?

10. Where does Ben go after the dance and what does he do there?

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