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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: February, what does Peter do out of anger?
2. In Part Two: April, what does James tell Peter about the accident?
3. In Part Two: April, what is it announced Mr. Terupt will have?
4. In Part Two: April, what does Jeffrey tell his mom and dad?
5. In Part One: March, what does Anna's mom reassure her?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Part Two: June, what happens when Mr. Terupt sees Peter? What does Mr. Terupt show the kids?
3. In Part Two: May, what does Jeffrey bring to the waiting room with him? What do he and the class do with this?
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, what does Jessica say happens to break the silence? What does Mrs. Kelsey invite Mr. Terupt's classroom?
6. In Part Two: April, how does Luke say Peter seems to feel? Why does Luke not want to tell Peter the truth?
7. In Part Two: March, who does Jessica say comes into the classroom? What does she say this person says?
8. 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?
9. In Part Two: April, what does Anna find out about her mom and Charlie? How does her mother say Charlie changed?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ubuntu is a concept from South Africa that "people are only people through other people." How is this phrase true for the novel? Think about how Mr. Terupt interacts with the kids. What does he try to teach with each of them? What other characters show others how to act with compassion, love, and care?
Essay Topic 2
Alexia spends most of the school year tormenting both Jessica and Danielle, even though Danielle was formerly her friend. By the end of the novel, they are reunited. What does the novel show about where bullying come from? How can bullying be changed? Think about how Alexie changes, why she bullies, and how Mr. Terupt lectures the students who she bullies when they do not stand up to her.
Essay Topic 3
Jessica in Part Two April says that everything happens for a reason. What do you think is the reason for Mr. Terupt's accident for each of the students involved? What about for Mr. Terupt? How does thinking this way allow us to accept difficult and painful things in our lives? And do you agree with Jessica's idea?
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