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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 22, why does Zackell make Benji the team captain?

2. In Chapter 23, how many beers does Benji win?

3. In Chapter 34, where does Leo take Maya?

4. In Chapter 35, who replaces a Spanish-home-owning politician in Beartown?

5. In Chapter 26, what are the names of Temmu's best friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what characteristic does Zackell have that Sune has never had?

2. Where does Leo take Maya in Chapter 34, and what does she do there?

3. In Chapter 22, when does the Beartown hockey team realize that Benji is their team captain?

4. In Chapter 31, what picture appears from an anonymous online account?

5. In Chapter 24, how and why does Teemu go to Alicia's house?

6. What wakens Benji in Chapter 31?

7. In Chapter 29, how do the police find out that Leo was involved in the fight in the forest between Beartown and Hed?

8. In Chapter 21, why do Benji's sisters get upset when Benji leaves presents for his nieces and nephews?

9. In Chapter 28, what does Leo find hanging from his locker at school and what does it symbolize?

10. In Chapter 38, what does an older player ask Bobo, and then what do the players do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story is told from a first person plural point of view. How does telling the story from a collective point of view help readers identify with the community? How does the point of view influence what readers think of characters?

Essay Topic 2

Richard Theo manipulates people and events in order to gain power. How does Theo manipulate people and events? How does he use manipulation to gain power? What is revealed about politics through this manipulation?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses suspense in the scene where Benji intends to kill himself. How does the author uses suspense in the novel? How does the use of suspense throughout the novel advance the plot?

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