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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's mom say about her breakup with her husband?

2. In Part One: February, what does the class do in the morning?

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

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

5. In Part Two: April, what does Danielle tell Anna?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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: June, what does Mrs. Williams announce to the class? What does this mean for Mr. Terupt and Grade Five?

5. 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?

6. In Part Two: May, what does Jeffrey bring to the waiting room with him? What do he and the class do with this?

7. In Part Two: June, what are the happy endings for Jeffrey, Alexie, Peter, Danielle, and Anna?

8. In Part Two: June, who shows up to the classroom? What happens with their arrival?

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

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

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

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

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?

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