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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 subject in school is Phillip struggling with?

2. What time are morning announcements scheduled to start at the school?

3. Who wrote the document at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. According to Chapter 8, where is all the grant money for seminars going that year?

5. Why is Miss Narwin so hard on Phillip in her exam notes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Philip think about the two lowest grades he got during the Winter term?

2. What is supposed to happen after the daily anthem?

3. What comprises the Prologue of this book?

4. How does Mr. Malloy feel about Mrs. Malloy's worries about Philip?

5. What does Miss Narwin write to her sister about at the beginning of the school year?

6. What does Philip do to try to impress the girl he likes?

7. What does Miss Narwin write about in her letter to her sister in Chapter 9?

8. What does Dr. Seymour ask the teachers to do to help pass the budget?

9. How does Mr. Lunser act during his homeroom period?

10. What does Miss Narwin hear in a memo from Dr. Doane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Allison was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Miss Narwin endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

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