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

2. What does Ben think when he sees everything in a new light at the dance?
(a) He wants to get Dallas pregnant.
(b) He is ready to die.
(c) He wants to start treatments.
(d) It may end up being the best night of his life.

3. Why do Cody and Ben come out of the Horseshoe Bend game heroes?
(a) They run a play that seems impossible.
(b) They win an important argument with the referee.
(c) They keep the team together with the coach gone.
(d) They make the winning touchdown.

4. Why does Ben think his relationship with Dallas is getting complicated?
(a) Sooner used to date her.
(b) She might be pregnant.
(c) Cody likes her.
(d) He thinks he loves her.

5. What does Dr. Wagner say about Ben not starting treatment right away?
(a) Treatment can be started almost right up to death.
(b) At some point it will be too late to start.
(c) There is no treatment available.
(d) It is all right to take a few weeks to decide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben tell Dr. Wagner about his parents?

2. How does Ben fear about dying?

3. What does the note say that Ben receives from his therapist?

4. Where does Ben tell Dallas he is planning to go?

5. What does Ben talk to Hey-Soos about in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ben's second date with Dallas?

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

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

4. What does Ben do after he leaves the doctor's office upon receiving the bad news and what does he say to the doctor when he returns to his office?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What does Ben say about having a terminal illness at such a young age?

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

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