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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 Two: June, what is Luke's final dollar word?
2. In Part Two: April, what does James do when he sees Peter?
3. In Part Two: April, what does Ms. Kelsey invite the class to?
4. In Part Two: June, what does Alexie wonder about Mrs. Williams and Ms. Newberry?
5. In Part One: February, what does Jessica think about the attack on Peter?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part Two: June, who shows up to the classroom? What happens with their arrival?
2. In Part Two: April, what does Jessica repeat to herself about Mr. Terupt? How does she see this idea already having effect?
3. 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?
4. In Part Two: April, how does Luke say Peter seems to feel? Why does Luke not want to tell Peter the truth?
5. In Part Two: May, whose fault does Jessica's mom think the accident was? Why does she think this?
6. In Part Two: April, what does James in the Collaborative Classroom say to Peter? What does this allow to happen?
7. In Part One: February, what game does the class play at the beginning of the hour? What does Peter tease Luke about and what does Mr. Terupt say?
8. In Part Two: June, what does Alexie notice about Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Newberry? What does this make her think?
9. In Part Two: March what does Luke find out when he goes to see Mr. Terupt for the second time? Why is this information important?
10. In Part Two: March, what does Alexie say to Mr. Terupt? How does she feel Mr. Terupt helps her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
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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