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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: May, what does Jessica realize about Mr. Terupt?

2. In Part Two: April, how does Anna's mom know Charlie?

3. In Part One: March, what is Alexie doing?

4. In Part One: February, what does Jeffrey think about Peter?

5. In Part One: March, who does Luke learn has also been by to see Mr. Terupt?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two: March, what does Mrs. Williams say about the snowball? What does Jessica think about this?

2. In Part Two: March, what do the girls see when they go to see Mr. Terupt in the hospital? What happens in Mr. Terupt's hospital room?

3. In Part Two: May, what does Anna ask Danielle as they leave the waiting room? Why does she ask this?

4. In Part Two: April, what does James in the Collaborative Classroom say to Peter? What does this allow to happen?

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

6. In Part Two: May, how does Jeffrey feel in the waiting room, and who comforts him? Why does he feel this way?

7. In Part Two: June, what happens when Mr. Terupt sees Peter? What does Mr. Terupt show the kids?

8. In Part Two: May, whose fault does Jessica's mom think the accident was? Why does she think this?

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

10. In Part Two: June, how does Jessica say she and the class feel on the last day of school? Why does she feel this way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Luke blames Mr. Terupt, says in the beginning of the novel that he should have disciplined them differently, it would have gone differently. Jessica's mom agrees. Do you? Write a four argument why or why not Mr. Terupt is right or wrong how he disciplined the kids. Include at least four textual examples.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In earlier lessons, we discussed archetypes, or stereotypes for each student. How do students change from their archetype or stereotype from the beginning of the novel to the end? What sparks this change? Choose three students to discuss how they start out, and how they end up by the end of the novel. Then think, why does the novel show this progression? Think about the earlier conversation about why the novel uses archetypes to consider why they show these changing.

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