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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 36, how many types of people does Ramona say there are now that Benji has been revealed as a homosexual?

2. In Chapter 22, who breaks into the Hed ice rink?

3. In Chapter 31, what is the weather like when Ana is wandering around the forest?

4. In Chapter 40, what is the score of the hockey game with 20 seconds left on the clock?

5. In Chapter 22, why does Ramona hire Benji to work at the Bearskin?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 25, how do William and his friends get Leo alone to hurt him?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 35, why does Vidar play Minecraft?

6. What wakens Benji in Chapter 31?

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

8. In Chapter 30, why does Ana not meet Maya at the island?

9. In Chapter 26, why does Teemu Rinnius live at home with his mother?

10. In Chapter 40, what does one of the Hed players do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Benji takes a rifle into the woods and intends to kill himself. What does Benji see in the woods? What is the significance of Benji’s encounter with the bear in the woods and how does it change Benji’s plans?

Essay Topic 2

Violence is a theme in the novel. How does the author present the theme of violence in the novel? How does violence affect the town and characters?

Essay Topic 3

Vidar dies saving Ana. What are the reactions to Vidar’s death from characters and the community of Hed? What is revealed about tragedy and reconciliation through his death?

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