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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. How old is the little girl that will later become a hockey star according to the narrator in Chapter 50?

2. What does Jeanette ask Adri in Chapter 47?

3. Why does Ana insist that Maya must tell what happened to her?

4. What does Kevin do with the 100 kroner note in Chapter 25?

5. What does Benji promise to teach the bass player to do in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the face-off between Maya and Kevin described in Chapter 49?

3. Who attempts to defend Amat when the team players attack him in Chapter 45? Why?

4. What does Maya reveal to her parents in Chapter 29? How do they respond?

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

6. What is Benji's relationship to the bass player?

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

8. What future plans does Jeanette develop with Adri in Chapter 47?

9. How does the author employ a red herring through Zacharias's character in Chapter 41?

10. What does Kevin do with the 100 kroner note in Chapter 25? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of Beartown. Where in the novel does the exposition transition to rising action? What is the inciting event that propels the plot forward? Where does the climax occur? What information is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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