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

2. What does Hey-Soos tell Ben about his time on earth?
(a) He will not die as quickly as the doctors think.
(b) He will have time to do what he needs to do.
(c) He will not finish his whole list.
(d) His time on earth was supposed to be longer.

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

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

5. What does the coach remind the players of in his first talk to them?
(a) The rules on and off the field.
(b) That football is more important than academics.
(c) That winning is everything.
(d) That losing is not all bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ben think his relationship with Dallas is getting complicated?

2. What does Ben want to do with his teachers in his senior year?

3. Where do the players go after the coach talks to them?

4. How long does Dallas want Ben to stay when he goes to her house in Chapter 9?

5. Who is Marla Dawson?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ben want to do for his senior year, where does he live and how does he do in school?

3. What does Ben do about the Horseshoe Bend game, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do Ben and Cody find when they get home, what does it tell them and what does their father say about the situation?

10. 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?

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