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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. What does Ben talk to Hey-Soos about in Chapter 6?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His time with Dallas.
(d) His illness.

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

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

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

5. What does Ben understand about football that most do not?
(a) He understands the way the ball moves.
(b) It is a game that reflects life.
(c) He understands how to psych an opposing player.
(d) Different ways to read plays and counteract them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dr. Wagner take Ben in August?

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

3. What does coach tell Ben about his truck?

4. Why did Ben's parents hold him back in school?

5. Where does Ben go after he leaves Dallas's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ben find when he stops at Rudy's and what does Ben find out there? What does Rudy show him?

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

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

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

5. How does Ben act when he receives the information from the doctor, and what is his first thought about the information?

6. What does the coach ask Ben at the luncheon and what does he say Ben needs to do?

7. Where does Ben go after he leaves Dallas's house and what is bothering him?

8. Where does Dr. Wagner take Ben to learn more about his illness, what does he learn, and what does Ben decide to do for treatment?

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

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

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