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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: January, who does Mr. Terupt remind Jessica of?
2. In Part One: October, what does Jessica say when Daniella tells her about Anna's background?
3. In Part One: December, why is it revealed Jeffrey is good with the Collaborative Classroom?
4. In Part One: December, who does Jeffrey say was his brother?
5. In Part One: December, what does Jeffrey tell Jessica happened to Michael?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Jessica nervous to go to class in Part One: September? Why does she feel reassured?
2. In Part One: January, where do Jessica and her Mother go? What does Jessica's mother do when they are there?
3. In Part One: November, what does Jeffrey tell Jessica is his secret? How does Jessica respond and how does Jeffrey take this response?
4. 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?
5. In Part One: November, why does Jessica ask Jefferey what his secret is? What does she first say is her secret?
6. How does Anna describe herself in Part One: September? What does she notice about Mr. Terupt's classroom?
7. In Part One: November, where do the kids in the classroom visit and why? How does Jeffrey act differently in this visit?
8. In Part One: November, what is the new math project that Mr. Terupt assigns? How do the class go about this project?
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. In Part One: November, what does Jessica's Mother say about Anna's Mother to Jessica? How does Jessica relate this idea to her mom's relationship to her father?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the beginning, Luke says that Mr. Terupt should not have let them get away with so much, foreshadowing that we discussed in previous lessons. His line of thinking is that one thing leads to another. Choose one thing that happens in the beginning of the novel, and trace it to how it changes throughout. How does the novel show one thing leading to another? And does it lead for good, or bad, or both?
Essay Topic 2
Over the course of several chapters, we learn Jeffrey's story. In November, we learn he knows a lot about autistic students, in October that his brother died, and in November that he thinks it is his fault. In Part Two, Jeffrey reunites and starts healing his relationship with his parent. Choose one other character in the book, and write their journey from their initial problem to its resolution. Then answer the question: what is the novel showing with this structure about time, and how healing happens as a process?
Essay Topic 3
Because of Mr. Terupt has all the student's voices chiming in, and building the stories of each chapter together. Why is the novel told in so many different voices? How does the structure of each part contribute to the overall story? Why is this the best choice for the story? Finally, how does the structure of the novel contribute to the story, or how does the structure show what is at the heart of the story?
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