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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. What does Parker deliver to Foodland in Chapter 15?
2. Where does the mechanic at Kingston Motors say that they have had to order a part for Mr. Kermit's car?
3. In Chapter 20, how much does Mr. Kermit stuff in the dash of Jake's car?
4. What time does Jake see Mr. Kermit outside the school waiting in Chapter 20?
5. How many vuvuzelas are in each carton?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Barnstorm channeling his competitive energy now that he cannot play sports?
2. What does Christina Varga tells Dr. Thaddeus about the cheating incident when it is mentioned in a newspaper article in Chapter 14?
3. How does Jake remember that he survived the cheating scandal?
4. Why does Parker think he needs to take his grandmother to the emergency room in Chapter 24, and how does Barnstorm help him not have to take her there?
5. Why does Jake Terranova come to Mr. Kermit's classroom in Chapter 16?
6. At the beginning of Chapter 19, how does Grams tell Parker that she won his grandfather when another girl wanted him?
7. How does Kiana understand Archimdedes' first law of bouyancy?
8. Why does Kiana think that her half-brother Chauncey and Vladimir the gecko are alike?
9. What do Parker and the other kids from SCS-8 decide to do when the vuvuzelas are delivered to the school?
10. How does Dr. Thaddeus hope to get rid of Mr. Kermit in Chapter 22?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in the novel? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?
Essay Topic 2
Mr. Kermit hands out worksheets in SCS-8. How has Mr. Kermit’s teaching style changed over the years and why?
Essay Topic 3
The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?
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