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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 Jessica think about the attack on Peter?

2. In Part Two: April, who is at Anna's house after school?

3. In Part Two: April, how does Anna's mom know Charlie?

4. In Part One: February, what does Luke resolve to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two: May, what does Anna ask Danielle as they leave the waiting room? Why does she ask this?

2. In Part Two: May, what do Jessica and the class go to do? What does Jessica realize about Mr. Terupt?

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

4. In Part Two: April, how does Luke say Peter seems to feel? Why does Luke not want to tell Peter the truth?

5. 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?

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

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

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: March, what does Luke decide to do? What does he see when he gets there?

10. In Part Two: June, what does Alexie notice about Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Newberry? What does this make her think?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Luke blames Mr. Terupt, says in the beginning of the novel that he should have disciplined them differently, it would have gone differently. Jessica's mom agrees. Do you? Write a four argument why or why not Mr. Terupt is right or wrong how he disciplined the kids. Include at least four textual examples.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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