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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 the class share in the waiting room?

2. In Part Two: April, what does Jessica say that stays with Jeffrey?

3. In Part One: March, what does Anna's mom offer to Danielle?

4. In Part One: March, who is the Doctor checking out Mr. Terupt?

5. In Part One: March, what is Mr. Terupt in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

7. In Part Two: May, what does Dr. Wilkins say about Mr. Terupt's surgery? Is this a good sign or bad sign?

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

9. 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?

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

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

After Mr. Terupt's accident, the students avoid one another at first and do not talk to one another. Later, they reunite and forgive one another. Think about how the novel is laid out with Mr. Terupt's injury, the separation, and then coming back together. When something disruptive happens in a community, what layers of reconciliation need to take place for the community to come back together?

Essay Topic 3

Danielle and Anna want to be friends, but have a feud going back generations from their families. How do they undo this feud? What about the classroom, outside influences, and one another allows them to think and feel differently? What is the novel showing about undoing beliefs and prejudices with this?

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