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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 Part One: November, what does Jeffrey say the Collaborative Classroom student James is?
2. In Part One: January, what does Mr. Terupt announce with the class chain?
3. In Part One: December, what does Mr. Terupt do with Alexia?
4. How does Luke feel about school in Chapter One: September?
5. In Part One: October, what does Jessica decide to do with Daniella?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part One: October, what does Jeffrey overhear when the class is forced to vacate because of the smoke? What does he think about what he overhears?
2. In Part One: November, what does Jeffrey tell Jessica is his secret? How does Jessica respond and how does Jeffrey take this response?
3. How does Anna describe herself in Part One: September? What does she notice about Mr. Terupt's classroom?
4. In Part One: January, what does Mr. Terupt announce to the class that they get to do? Why do they get to do this?
5. In Part One: January, where do Jessica and her Mother go? What does Jessica's mother do when they are there?
6. Why is Jessica nervous to go to class in Part One: September? Why does she feel reassured?
7. In Part One: January, why does what Jessica says to Jeffrey about Michael stick in Jeffrey's mind? How does Jeffrey describe his parents and their house?
8. In Part One: October, what does Peter say is the class science project? What does he bring in to contribute to the project?
9. In Part One: November, what does Anna ask of Danielle and Jessica? Why does this worry Danielle?
10. In Part One: October, what does Luke bring in for his plant? What happens when he mixes this to put on the plant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the beginning of the novel, Jessica says she hopes there is a happy ending. By the end of the novel, Luke says there is a happy ending. How does a happy ending come a full circle? Does a happy ending mean nothing painful happens? Finally, is there anything else in the novel that comes around or comes full circle?
Essay Topic 2
In the beginning, Luke says that Mr. Terupt should not have let them get away with so much, foreshadowing that we discussed in previous lessons. His line of thinking is that one thing leads to another. Choose one thing that happens in the beginning of the novel, and trace it to how it changes throughout. How does the novel show one thing leading to another? And does it lead for good, or bad, or both?
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the novel, Mr. Terupt is brought back. Jessica's mom thinks he was irresponsible, but Mrs. Williams thinks he is magic. Why is Mr. Terupt allowed to teach? Which of these adults do you agree with and why? Do you think his teaching and discipline style should change or stay the same?
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