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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 is wrong with Ben's mother?
(a) She is manic-depressive.
(b) She has early dementia.
(c) She is a schizophrenic.
(d) She is an alcoholic.

2. What does Ben think most people do in their senior year of high school?
(a) Goof-off.
(b) Work harder than any other year.
(c) Do pretty much what they were doing before.
(d) Ben doesn't mention this issue.

3. What does Ben's father say about his wife's illness?
(a) He is thinking about divorce.
(b) He will stick by her to the end.
(c) He may have to have her committed.
(d) He will leave after the boys leave.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Mr. Lambeer known in his teaching?

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

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

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

5. What does Lambeer say to Ben about Malcolm X's book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What does Dallas ask Ben when he sees her after the Horseshoe Bend game and what does she tell him?

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

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

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