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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. What does Amat buy for Maya in Chapter 49?

2. What does Kevin suggest he and his friends do in Hed in Chapter 27?

3. Where does Benji take the bass player in Chapter 45?

4. Who does Kevin's mother go to visit in Chapter 44?

5. What does David's girlfriend tell him in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David react when he sees Benji kissing a boy in Chapter 47?

2. What do Benji and Kevin's mother discuss in Chapter 44? What does this discussion lead Kevin's mother to realize?

3. What does Benji do to the opposing team members in Chapter 32? Why?

4. What does Kira go to the Bearskin to find out in Chapter 47? What does she learn?

5. What does Kevin's mother do at her home in Chapter 37? Why?

6. What leads Ana to the realization of what happened to Maya in Chapter 27?

7. How are the themes of denial and avoidance demonstrated in Chapter 36?

8. What position does Ramona take regarding the rape allegation? Why?

9. What does Kevin say to Amat on the ice during practice in Chapter 26?

10. How is Hog's conversation with Bobo described in Chapter 46?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Complete an essay that addresses and discusses the following: In 2017-2018 many accusations have arisen against powerful men in the entertainment, journalism, and political arenas. How do these allegations compare with those at the center of Beartown? Do you think that in our contemporary atmosphere, the events of this story would have turned out as they did? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the media in Beartown. How are the journalists perceived that come to investigate the charges against Kevin? Who agrees to speak with the journalists? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of alienation in Beartown. What characters in the story are outcasts and what makes them so? How are all of the inhabitants of Beartown alienated in some way from their surroundings? What symbolism connects to this theme?

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