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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Moose players see in the glass case in the lobby of the Kapuskasing arena?
(a) Team photos.
(b) Money.
(c) Trophies.
(d) Golden hockey skates.

2. What does Saul recall Father Leboutilier doing to him both on the rink and in his bed at night?
(a) Watching TV with him.
(b) Talking to him.
(c) Reading to him.
(d) Molesting him.

3. From the group of 39 training, how many will the Marlboros take?
(a) 25.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 18.

4. What do men at a diner in Chapleau do to Saul’s teammates?
(a) Tell them to go home.
(b) Challenge them to a game.
(c) Buy them dinner.
(d) Beat them up.

5. What does the crowd throw onto the ice in Chapter 38?
(a) Indian dolls and horse turds.
(b) Hockey pucks.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Cups.

6. What does Saul believe Ervin is for the way he helped him without pushing him?
(a) An Ojibway.
(b) A long lost relative.
(c) An angel.
(d) A pain.

7. What does Saul see Indian boys doing in the moon at the end of Chapter 51?
(a) Crushing Rice pods.
(b) Singing in Ojibway.
(c) Playing hockey.
(d) Going to St. Jerome’s.

8. What does Saul learn about the player he saw on the team Virgil coached that Saul thought had the most promise?
(a) He is Saul’s son.
(b) He’s been drafted.
(c) He is only 8.
(d) He is Virgil’s son.

9. After making the Marlboro team, what does Saul feel he has more of in the players because of their skill level?
(a) Love.
(b) Distrust.
(c) Disdain.
(d) Trust.

10. In Chapter 36, though Saul agrees to train in Marlboro, where does he feel he could live forever?
(a) St. Jerome’s.
(b) Manitouwadge.
(c) Gods Lake.
(d) White River.

11. Where does Saul have the cab drop him off in Chapter 49?
(a) Fred Kellys.
(b) St. Jerome's.
(c) Gods Lake.
(d) White River Arena.

12. Who is the scout that speaks with Saul in Chapter 34?
(a) John Lanahan.
(b) John Lannigan.
(c) Jack Lanahan.
(d) Jack Lannigan.

13. After his work at the Centre is complete, where does Saul go?
(a) Church.
(b) Father Leboutilier’s.
(c) St. Jerome’s.
(d) The Kellys'.

14. How do Saul’s teammates react when a player from the London Knights hits him?
(a) They quit.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They yell at him.
(d) They call the ref.

15. What music does Saul say he found peace in in Chapter 44?
(a) Mahler.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Dvorak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the Irish couple Saul stays with in Toronto in Chapter 37?

2. Where does Saul return at the start of Chapter 52? .

3. What does Virgil tell Saul the men who fought them did to them in the alley?

4. How old is Saul when he leaves Manitouwadge in Chapter 43?

5. What is Saul told he is after the game in Chapter 30?

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