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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. How does Ben fear about dying?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Deeply depressed.
(c) Curious and slightly fearful.
(d) Excited.

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

3. 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.

4. Why does Ben go to the doctor about a month before his senior year begins?
(a) For a mandatory physical to participate in school sports.
(b) He has a cold he cannot shake.
(c) His mother insists he have a physical every year.
(d) He broke his toe.

5. What does Ben explain to Dr. Wagner?
(a) That he thought he would live to be a hundred.
(b) That Ben always knew he was going to die young.
(c) That he is going to look for treatments.
(d) He doesn't talk to the doctor about dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does coach tell Ben about his truck?

2. What does Ben's father do for a living?

3. What does Ben think most people do in their senior year of high school?

4. What does Rudy say when Ben asks him about having been a Catholic priest?

5. What does Ben do after he drives home from the doctor's office?

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 does Hey-Soos say to Ben about Dallas's sharing, and why is Ben worried?

3. What are Ben's two other main goals for his senior year besides his academic goal?

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

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 Ben say about having a terminal illness at such a young age?

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

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

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. 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?

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