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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 Jeffrey tell Jessica as he leaves the car?
2. In Part Two: May, how does Jeffrey feel in the waiting room?
3. In Part One: February, what board game do the students play in the morning?
4. In Part One: March, what is Jessica's mom's name?
5. In Part One: February, what does Peter do out of anger?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part Two: April, what does Charlie tell Danielle about seeing Anna's mother? What does he say about the animosity between their two families?
2. In Part Two: April, what is Anna's shocking news? What does Danielle say to this?
3. In Part Two: March, what does Anna admit to the other girls? What do they do together?
4. In Part Two: March, what does Luke decide to do? What does he see when he gets there?
5. In Part Two: April, what does James in the Collaborative Classroom say to Peter? What does this allow to happen?
6. In Part Two: April, what does Jessica repeat to herself about Mr. Terupt? How does she see this idea already having effect?
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, what does Peter do to Lexie when they get outside? What happens to him in return?
9. In Part Two: March, what does Mrs. Williams say about the snowball? What does Jessica think about this?
10. In Part Two: April, how does Luke say Peter seems to feel? Why does Luke not want to tell Peter the truth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the beginning of the novel, Jessica says she hopes there is a happy ending. By the end of the novel, Luke says there is a happy ending. How does a happy ending come a full circle? Does a happy ending mean nothing painful happens? Finally, is there anything else in the novel that comes around or comes full circle?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Do you think that Mr. Terupt changes the students or they always find that they have the capacity to change from within? Write about how these two ideas cross with one another with several examples.
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