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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 Anna ask Danielle as they leave the waiting room?

2. In Part One: February, what does Danielle pray?

3. What does Anna keep repeating about Mr. Terupt in Part Two: May?

4. In Part One: March, who does Anna ask to go to the hospital with her?

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 does Anna admit to the other girls? What do they do together?

3. In Part Two: March, what surprises Anna about Danielle's brother Charlie? What does she think about her mom and him?

4. In Part One: February, what does Jefferey say he learns about Luke? How does he say he feels towards Peter and what does he intend to do to him?

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: 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 are the happy endings for Jeffrey, Alexie, Peter, Danielle, and Anna?

8. In Part Two: April, what does Jessica say happens to break the silence? What does Mrs. Kelsey invite Mr. Terupt's classroom?

9. In Part Two: April, what is Anna's shocking news? What does Danielle say to this?

10. In Part One: February, who gangs up to attack Peter? What does Peter do in return?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about how the students home life affects how they are in school. How do their parent's behavior towards the students affect them? How do the students learning new concepts or idea allow them to change their parents, or think differently? Choose three of the students, write their relationship with their parents, and then how this changes over the novel.

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

Jeffrey blames himself for his brother's death and parents sadness. Jessica blames herself for her parents divorce. All the kids blame themselves for Mr. Terupt's accident. Why do they blame themselves instead of seeing the true? How do these characters get past self-blame and what comes after? Choose at least two characters to analyze closely.

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