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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Ben at the beginning of this book?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) It is unknown.

2. What changes the Horseshoe Bend game on the day of the game?
(a) Sooner has a broken collarbone.
(b) Ben is in the hospital.
(c) The coach is sick.
(d) Cody has hurt his knee.

3. What does Dallas ask Ben at lunch in Chapter 7?
(a) When they are going out again.
(b) Why he is reading Malcolm X's autobiography.
(c) If he plans to stay on the football team.
(d) If he enjoyed sex with her.

4. What project does Ben chose in Lambeer's class?
(a) To change the curriculum for some classes at the high school.
(b) To have a street named for Malcom X.
(c) To write a memoir.
(d) To change the laws about gay marriage.

5. What does Lambeer say to Ben about Malcolm X's book?
(a) That Malcolm was a liar.
(b) That is was a great book.
(c) That Malcolm had very radical ideas.
(d) That Malcolm did not write the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Ben thinks about after hearing about his illness?

2. What does Ben tell his therapist he is starting to feel?

3. What happens as the brothers are getting ready for the homecoming dance?

4. How long does Dallas want Ben to stay when he goes to her house in Chapter 9?

5. What does Ben plan to win in his senior year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ben's second date with Dallas?

2. What does Hey-Soos say to Ben about Dallas's sharing, and why is Ben worried?

3. What are Ben's two other main goals for his senior year besides his academic goal?

4. What is happening to Ben in Lambeer's class, what project does Ben decide upon and what is Lambeer's opinion of the project?

5. What does Ben do about the Horseshoe Bend game, and why?

6. What do Ben and Cody find when they get home, what does it tell them and what does their father say about the situation?

7. What does Ben say about having a terminal illness at such a young age?

8. What does Ben ask his father about his mother and what is his father's response?

9. What sport does Ben try out for, and what do the other players think about him playing that sport?

10. What does Ben find when he stops at Rudy's and what does Ben find out there? What does Rudy show him?

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