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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 does Ben do after he drives home from the doctor's office?
(a) Goes to the church.
(b) Goes for a run.
(c) Goes to the Tastee-Freez for ice cream.
(d) Goes to tell his brother.

2. Who is invited to the homecoming dance?
(a) The high school students and their families.
(b) The entire town.
(c) Only the high school students.
(d) The high school and middle school students.

3. How does Ben contact Hey-Soos?
(a) By breathing deeply for a few minutes.
(b) By just thinking about him.
(c) In a near dream state.
(d) By going to church.

4. Why did Ben's parents hold him back in school?
(a) So he could grow.
(b) He was not talking yet.
(c) He learned to read late.
(d) He was sick when he was suppose to start school.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Dr. Wagner take Ben in August?

3. What does Ben's father say about his wife's illness?

4. What does Ben say is the reasons he plays football so well?

5. What does the doctor do after he tells Ben about his illness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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