A First Time For Everything Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Dan Santat
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A First Time For Everything Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Dan Santat
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How long after the party Santat and his friends tried to attend did he leave on a trip?

2. How many days were left in the trip when the students left for Switzerland?

3. If a man dropped his bread in fondue, what was he supposed to do according to tradition?

4. What crime did Santat want to report when he is forced to recite poetry in front of a school assembly?

5. What was Amber reading when Santat saw her at the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dan, Braden, and Darryl want to do when they sightseeing, and why did their plans change?

2. Who was Hank and what did he tell the students about the European trip?

3. What sights did the students see in Paris before eating at a cafe?

4. How did Santat prove that he went to Ryan and Mike Maxwell's party?

5. Why was Dan's bill at the cafe so expensive?

6. In a flashback, how did Santat remember helping Shelley?

7. What disease did Santat's mother have, and how did it affect him and his family?

8. Why did Santat have to help Kelly one night when they were in Switzerland?

9. Why were three of the female students looking frazzled in the morning as they board the bus to Switzerland?

10. What did Santat remember about family trips?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are a literary device used to provide information about events that took place before a story began. How did Santat use flashbacks in A First Time for Everything? How did his choice to use flashbacks affect what readers knew and understood about Santat?

Essay Topic 2

Santat was awakened by Kelly, who was sleepwalking. What iwas conveyed about sleeping walking through Kelly’s actions?

Essay Topic 3

Santat’s peers often made fun of him. What was revealed about peer pressure through Santat’s interactions with his peers?

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