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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 Chapter One: September, what does Mr. Terupt reassure Jessica with?
2. In Chapter One: September, what is Luke's dollar word?
3. In Part One: December, what does Jeffrey tell Jessica happened to Michael?
4. In Part One: January, what does Anna's mom tell Anna about Jessica and her mother?
5. In Part One: January, who does Mr. Terupt remind Jessica of?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What is Danielle's relationship with Alexie in Part One: September? Why does Danielle struggle to make friends at school?
3. In Part One: November, what does Lexie say to Danielle about the other members of their Collaborative Classroom group? What does Danielle finally say, and realize, in response?
4. Why is Jessica nervous to go to class in Part One: September? Why does she feel reassured?
5. In Part One: December, what Christmas activity does Mr. Terupt propose? What does Peter say to add to this activity and how does this show a change of heart for him?
6. How does Anna describe herself in Part One: September? What does she notice about Mr. Terupt's classroom?
7. What math activity does the class play in Part One: September? What dollar word does Luke come up with and why is this word a joke?
8. In Part One: October, what does Jeffrey overhear when the class is forced to vacate because of the smoke? What does he think about what he overhears?
9. 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?
10. In Part One: January, what does Mr. Terupt announce to the class that they get to do? Why do they get to do this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jeffrey realizes he always thought things were his fault, but that everyone has a fault, and everyone is hurting. What are the faults that everyone in the class has towards Mr. Terupt's accidents? Write out their faults, with examples for each from the text; then add on any ways you see those faults overlapping. How do they get past their own faults to see the faults of others, or that there is no fault at all?
Essay Topic 2
When Mr. Terupt is first injured, all of the students blame themselves. Why do you think they each feel guilty? What does the novel show about what guilt does? What finally sets this guilt free? Think about Jeffrey's example of how he moves past his guilt with his parents and if this is true for the other character's guilt.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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