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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 Lambeer ask Ben in early December?
(a) If he has considered changing his project.
(b) If he wants to work on a group extra credit project.
(c) If he has finished his project.
(d) If he knows he is failing.

2. What is special about the game in Chapter 13?
(a) Cody is called by a scout.
(b) Ben's team lost it.
(c) It is Ben's last game.
(d) Ben's mother came to see it.

3. What is Dallas doing when Ben goes to her house?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Practicing her cello.
(c) Making spaghetti for Joe Henry.
(d) Mowing the lawn.

4. What does Ben ask in Coach's class?
(a) If he can change his book.
(b) If Coach would teach a truth he doesn't like.
(c) If he can quit coming.
(d) If he can write a paper instead of do a project.

5. What does Ben tell Rudy Ben appreciates?
(a) Rudy's wisdom.
(b) Rudy's point of view.
(c) Rudy's honesty.
(d) Rudy's desire to harm no one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben say he is better at than Rudy?

2. What does Sylvia say about "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"?

3. What does Ben notice at Coach's house?

4. What reason does Ben give for not telling Coach sooner?

5. What does Hey-Soos point out to Ben when Ben says he wants an ordinary senior year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What team beats Ben's football team in late November, and why might they have been beaten?

2. Who is the first person Ben tells about his illness, what does he say to him and what is his response?

3. Where does Ben go after school almost everyday and what does he do there? How does Dallas feel about what he says about Joe Henry?

4. Why does Ben go to see Rudy at three in the morning, and what does he find there?

5. How is Ben feeling about Hey-Soos at the beginning of Chapter 11, why does Ben feel that way and what does Hey-Soos advise?

6. What does Dallas tell Ben about Joe Henry and what does Dallas ask Ben? What is Ben's response?

7. What does Lambeer tell Ben about Ben's project and what is Ben's response?

8. What do Ben and Hey-Soos talk about in their first conversation after the Coach's demonstration?

9. How does Ben feel about his secret on Christmas Eve, what does Hey-Soos tell him and what does Ben decide to do?

10. What does Ben's family do for Thanksgiving?

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