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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 the referee call against Mick in Part 5, Chapter 9?
(a) Personal foul.
(b) Fumble.
(c) Interception.
(d) False start.

2. Getting suspended would be like throwing away Mick's position to whom in Part 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Matt Drager.
(b) Dave Kane.
(c) Drew Carney.
(d) DaShawn Free.

3. Who does Mick throw the ball around with in Part 4, Chapter 10?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

4. Mike explains that his boss doesn't mind him taking off when what happens in Part 5, Chapter 12?
(a) He gets sick.
(b) It snows.
(c) He needs a personal day.
(d) Mick plays.

5. What refers to the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma?
(a) Subordinate.
(b) Directive.
(c) Addiction.
(d) Cataclysm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mick decides that he has to do what before the game in Part 5, Chapter 13?

2. Carl Deuker was raised where?

3. The first game of the season is against what team in Part 5, Chapter 1?

4. Where does Mick's team go after the game in Part 5, Chapter 15?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 5, Peter claims that it is illegal to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes animosity and suspicion between Mick and Drew in Part 5, Chapter 8?

2. Is the ending of the book happy or sad? Why? What is the book's final message?

3. What saves Mick in Epilogue, Chapter 1?

4. Who questions Mick about steroids in Part 5, Chapter 4? What is Mick's response?

5. What does Mick realize about Drew in Part 5, Chapter 15? What does the reader realize?

6. What is the underlying reality of Mick's depression in Part 4, Chapter 10?

7. What does Mick do as a result of rage in Part 5, Chapter 9? What are the consequences?

8. What performance enhancing drugs does Mick begin taking in Part 4, Chapter 9? Why?

9. What is thematically significant about Mick's downfall in Part 5, Chapter 6?

10. How does Drew prevent Mick from using drugs in Part 5, Chapter 13?

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