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

2. How does Cody and Ben's mother feel about the game?
(a) She is afraid for them to play football.
(b) She is thrilled.
(c) She is not there.
(d) She is angry.

3. What does Coach want Ben to clear up before he plays football?
(a) The situation with the cross country coach.
(b) His ability to play with his doctor.
(c) Whether Cody has a problem with him on the team.
(d) His poor grade in English.

4. What does Dallas ask Ben at lunch in Chapter 7?
(a) If he plans to stay on the football team.
(b) When they are going out again.
(c) Why he is reading Malcolm X's autobiography.
(d) If he enjoyed sex with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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