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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 has early dementia.
(b) She is an alcoholic.
(c) She is manic-depressive.
(d) She is a schizophrenic.

2. What does Ben's therapist encourage him to do?
(a) Talk to his parents.
(b) Joke a lot.
(c) Stay on task.
(d) Get treatment.

3. 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) So the scouts see Cody in a good light.
(d) Their cousin plays for them.

4. What does Hey-Soos tell Ben about Ben's interaction with people?
(a) Use his instincts.
(b) Ben expects too much from people.
(c) Ben is too easy on people.
(d) Ben is a great healer of people.

5. What is the worse part to Ben about dying?
(a) How it affects the ones he loves.
(b) Possibly being in a lot of pain.
(c) Not having any children.
(d) Missing out on college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben explain to Dr. Wagner?

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

3. Why is there no one home at Dallas's house after the dance?

4. What does Hey-Soos tell Ben about his time on earth?

5. What does Ben think about the news that he is dying?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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 act when he receives the information from the doctor, and what is his first thought about the information?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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