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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 is Mr. Kermit's new habit in Chapter 17?

2. What does Mr. Terranova order for everyone to eat?

3. What marathon does Mateo think he can watch while he is suspended?

4. Where did Parker's grandmother grow up?

5. In Chapter 23, who is attacked by football players and gets wet in the boys' room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Barnstorm channeling his competitive energy now that he cannot play sports?

2. Who works with Parker on anagrams, and why?

3. What do the students of SCS-8 see when they return to their classroom after Spirit Week?

4. Why is it Barnstorm's teachers' fault that he is in SCS-8?

5. Why is Dr. Thaddeus worried about Mr. Kermit taking early retirement, and what does he intend to do about it?

6. Why does Kiana think that her half-brother Chauncey and Vladimir the gecko are alike?

7. How does Dr. Thaddeus hope to get rid of Mr. Kermit in Chapter 22?

8. At the beginning of Chapter 19, how does Grams tell Parker that she won his grandfather when another girl wanted him?

9. Why does Jake Terranova come to Mr. Kermit's classroom in Chapter 16?

10. How does Parker kick off Spirit Week?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The students in SCS-8 are called Unteachable. Why are these students called Unteachables? Why are they stigmatized with that epithet?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the protagonist and antagonist and why do they play that role in the book? How does the antagonist create conflict for the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Jake is involved in a cheating scandal when he is a middle school student. How is Jake involved in a cheating scandal? Why does Jake later feel guilty about the scandal and blame himself for what has happened to Mr. Kermit?

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