View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how many men come to the bar where Benji is to beat him up for having a bear tattoo?

2. In Chapter 14, what does Peter remember that he, Tails, and Hog, would play with when they played hockey in parking lots?

3. In Chapter 18, how long does Peter tell Ann-Katrin that Bobo will be able to play hockey?

4. In Chapter 2, what month is it?

5. In Chapter 7, what does the stranger eat at Ramona's bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, how does Kira feel about living with the dictates of hockey, and why does she tell Peter to go save his club?

2. In Chapter 18, why does Peter visit the Ovich family?

3. In Chapter 13, what happens when Amat goes to a barbecue?

4. In Chapter 12, why does Leo feel free to go in his sister's room?

5. In Chapter 12, why does William stop hitting Leo?

6. In Chapter 1, how is Beartown described?

7. In Chapter 11, what is the "kitty" (95) and how is it used?

8. In Chapter 20, why does Bobo buy shaving cream and put some in his shoes?

9. In Chapter 1, how does the narrator say that Beartown lost its way?

10. In Chapter 19, how does Benji looks when he comes into class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Pack is a group of men who are like brothers to one another. What does the pack use to achieve its goals? Are they always violent? What is revealed about the dual nature of the Pack?

Essay Topic 2

Both Benji and Maya leave town at the end of the novel. What does Maya wish for Benji and herself? What do her wishes symbolize about their lives past and present?

Essay Topic 3

Amat, Lifa, and Zacharias have been friends since childhood, but they have grown apart as they have gotten older. How would you describe the relationship between the boys when they were younger? How have they drifted apart? What incident reveals that they are still friends? What does that incident reveal about friends and friendship?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 907 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample