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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. Where does Brent go after he leaves the dining hall?

2. Why does Tony scratch under his shirt at the end of Chapter 6?

3. Where do the billboards announcing the Key Lime Pie Belt first appear on Brent's bus trip?

4. Who has a voice that makes Tony's mom's fillings ache?

5. Why does Grandma ask Jenny to stop in the middle of a street?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brent resolve to do as he reads his star guide book? How is he already accomplishing his goal with the whirligigs?

2. How does the boy's interest in the whirligig affect Brent?

3. Which whirligig is at Tony's summer campground? How does Tony feel about the whirligig?

4. What does Grandma know at the beginning of the journey that Jenny does not know? What makes the ride even more poignant with Jenny?

5. Up until this point in his life, Brent has never had any interests other than looking cool. What new interests are now filling Brent's spare time? What role models have helped him establish these other interests?

6. What does Tony tell Mr. Mintz about his summer vacation? How does Mr. Mintz use this information to help Tony?

7. When the chapter ends, what does Tony do that connects the little boy to his great-grandfather?

8. Where does the drive take Jenny and Grandma?

9. About what do the children warn Brent regarding the location of the wooden band whirligig?

10. In Chapter 6, what task has the fifth grade teacher assigned that is difficult for her student Tony? Why is the assignment so hard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Develop an analogy based on the changes which Brent experiences throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

Identify the new talents that Brent has acquired since leaving Chicago. Discuss how Brent might use each talent to have a positive influence on as many lives as possible.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the statement, "Mr. Mintz is a very wise teacher." Use Mr. Mintz's whirligig analogy for support.

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