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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. In Part One: December, what does Mr. Terupt do with Alexia's group?
2. In Chapter One: September, where do we learn Daniella lives?
3. In Chapter One: September, what does Mr. Terupt reassure Jessica with?
4. In Part One: January, what problem does Jessica have with the free day?
5. In Part One: November, what does Mr. Terupt tell Peter to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part One: November, what is the new math project that Mr. Terupt assigns? How do the class go about this project?
2. In Part One: January, how many links does it take for the chain to reach the floor? Who correctly guesses the answer?
3. In Part One: January, where do Jessica and her Mother go? What does Jessica's mother do when they are there?
4. Why is Jessica nervous to go to class in Part One: September? Why does she feel reassured?
5. In Part One: January, why does what Jessica says to Jeffrey about Michael stick in Jeffrey's mind? How does Jeffrey describe his parents and their house?
6. In Part One: October, what does Luke bring in for his plant? What happens when he mixes this to put on the plant?
7. In Part One: December, what happens with Lexie, Danielle, Anna, Jeffrey, and Jessica's group? How does Mr. Terupt intervene and what does he say to the group members besides Lexie?
8. In Part One: November, what does Peter do to Lexie in the soccer field? What does Luke say about this incident?
9. In Part One: January, what do the class members propose they do for their free day? How does Luke come to the rescue of this plan?
10. What does Peter usually do to skip class as said in Part One: September? Why does he decide that Mr. Terupt is cool?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At the end of the novel, Mrs. Newberry tells Mr. Terupt that he is magic. What is Mr. Terupt's style of teaching? Summarize using three examples from the text. Then write, why does he teach in this way? How is his style of teaching and interacting with the kids a kind of magic?
Essay Topic 2
Ubuntu is a concept from South Africa that "people are only people through other people." How is this phrase true for the novel? Think about how Mr. Terupt interacts with the kids. What does he try to teach with each of them? What other characters show others how to act with compassion, love, and care?
Essay Topic 3
In the beginning of the novel, Jessica says she hopes there is a happy ending. By the end of the novel, Luke says there is a happy ending. How does a happy ending come a full circle? Does a happy ending mean nothing painful happens? Finally, is there anything else in the novel that comes around or comes full circle?
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