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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. What is the only thing Phillip and his father talk about at the beginning of the school year?

2. When will the special program that Miss Narwin wants to attend take place?

3. What does Coach Jamison tell Phillip to do in order to do what he wants in the Spring?

4. Why is Miss Narwin so hard on Phillip in her exam notes?

5. What are the people reading the document in Chapter 6 asked to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Lunser respond to Philip's sarcasm?

2. How do we learn about what happens at the beginning of Spring Term?

3. What kind of document is featured in Chapter 5?

4. What does Miss Narwin write to her sister about at the beginning of the school year?

5. Why does Philip act out so much in his English class?

6. What special program does Miss Narwin want to attend in the summer?

7. What was Philip's answer to the fourth question on the English exam?

8. What did Sarah Gloss say to Philip?

9. What is Philip worried about outside of school?

10. What was the fourth question on Phillp's English exam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Goals and the sacrifice needed to achieve goals was a major theme in this book. What are some of the main examples of this theme, and how did it affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

How did Phillip's relationship with his parents change over the course of the story? What caused these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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