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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: March, what is Alexie doing?

2. In Part One: February, who does Peter mean to hit with the snowball?

3. In Part One: February, what does Peter do out of anger?

4. In Part Two: June, what does Mrs. Williams say about Mr. Terupt?

5. In Part Two: May, what is the advice for Mr. Terupt's class?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two: June, what are the happy endings for Jeffrey, Alexie, Peter, Danielle, and Anna?

2. In Part Two: April, what does Jeffrey do with his family? How does his family respond?

3. In Part One: February, what does Peter do to Lexie when they get outside? What happens to him in return?

4. In Part Two: March, what does Luke decide to do? What does he see when he gets there?

5. In Part Two: April, how does Luke say Peter seems to feel? Why does Luke not want to tell Peter the truth?

6. In Part Two: June, what does Mrs. Williams announce to the class? What does this mean for Mr. Terupt and Grade Five?

7. In Part Two: June, what does Alexie notice about Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Newberry? What does this make her think?

8. In Part One: February, there is a series of one to two sentence of the classroom students speaking. What is implied by these voices that happens and how is it implied?

9. In Part Two: March, what does Anna admit to the other girls? What do they do together?

10. In Part Two: May, what does Jeffrey bring to the waiting room with him? What do he and the class do with this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charlie says to Danielle, that they will cross the bridge of their families reconciling when it comes to it. Jessica says to Jeffrey that everything happens for a reason. How are these two philosophies similar and connected to one another? What is the novel showing as a philosophy of life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The title of the book is Because of Mr. Terupt. Think about what title means for the novel. What happens because of Mr. Terupt? What does the novel show about the impact of a good teacher?

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