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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Phillip's homeroom teacher respond to his jokes?
(a) She gets very upset.
(b) She disciplines him.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He ignores them.

2. What will Phillip not be able to do in the Spring?
(a) Compete with older students.
(b) Attend two track meets.
(c) Try out for the track team.
(d) Join the soccer team.

3. How many years has the music teacher been teaching?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. What is the document in Chapter 6 about?
(a) The track team.
(b) An English test.
(c) Parent Teacher Conference.
(d) The school budget.

5. What might happen if the budget proposal is not accepted?
(a) Schools will be closed.
(b) Sports teams will be cancelled.
(c) Programs will be cut.
(d) Dances and parties will not be possible.

6. What does Miss Narwin tell Phillip he is in danger of after his term exam?
(a) Failing the class.
(b) Being ordinary.
(c) Getting kicked off the track team.
(d) Not getting an education.

7. What book was Phillip being tested on in his English exam?
(a) The Call of the Wild.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

8. Who wrote the document in Chapter 6?
(a) Miss Narwin.
(b) Mr. Johnson.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Dr. Seymour.

9. What is the occupation of the person Miss Narwin asks for the money to attend her special program?
(a) Principal.
(b) Assistant Principal.
(c) Financier.
(d) Administrator.

10. What did Coach Jamison say to Phillip in the hall one day?
(a) He would be a track star just like his father was.
(b) He is a shew-in for the scholarship.
(c) He should try out for the track team.
(d) He had an athlete's build.

11. Who does Phillip work out with to prepare for track?
(a) Trent.
(b) Rob.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Mike.

12. What does Phillip say he did with the book he was assigned to read?
(a) Gave it to a dog.
(b) Buried it.
(c) Sold it.
(d) Burned it.

13. Who wrote the document that makes up the prologue?
(a) Dr. Palleni.
(b) Miss Nagin.
(c) Coach Jones.
(d) Mr. Gillis.

14. What does Phillip's mom want his dad to talk to him about in Chapter 9?
(a) His grades.
(b) His sad demeanor.
(c) His track team.
(d) His loss of appetite.

15. What was Phillip's answer to the fourth question on his English exam?
(a) The book makes no sense and is stupid.
(b) The character symbolizes a cat.
(c) The major conflict was a food fight.
(d) The author is crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did a girl recommend to Phillip?

2. What does Phillip do when he hears someone say they liked the assigned reading book?

3. What is Phillip more worried about than his school work at the beginning of the book?

4. Who is Phillip's new homeroom teacher?

5. What kind of document makes up Chapter 6?

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