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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 find when he visits Rudy?
(a) Rudy's brother is visiting.
(b) A note saying Rudy has moved.
(c) Rudy has killed himself.
(d) Rudy's mother is visiting.

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

3. What does Dallas tell Ben she thinks makes people sick?
(a) Secrets.
(b) Holding grudges.
(c) Trying to be perfect.
(d) Eating junk food.

4. What does Ben say he is better at than Rudy?
(a) Praying.
(b) Believing in himself.
(c) Running.
(d) Thinking.

5. How does Ben feel about spending so much time with Joe Henry?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He is bored by it.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He is indifferent to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben regret on Christmas Eve?

2. Why does Rudy say he stays drunk?

3. What does Ben tell Hey-Soos about how he is feeling physically?

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

5. What examples does Ben use of prejudice and racism?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ben tell Lambeer when the teacher asks him if he is going to change his project?

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

4. Where does Ben stop after leaving Rudy's, and what does he find out there?

5. What does Ben do about his therapist's assignment?

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

7. What is happening to Ben's attitude, why and what does he begin to do because of it?

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

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

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

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