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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. Who was elected the Head of the School Board?

2. What does Miss Narwin plan to do after this school year is over?

3. What is Mr. Malloy distracted by when Phillip mentions humming the National Anthem the second time?

4. Who does Jennifer ask about a rule banning the singing of the National Anthem?

5. How do Miss Narwin's students score on their SAT's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Malloy say to Philip about not being able to sing the National Anthem?

2. What does Dr. Pelleni write in his memo to Dr. Seymour?

3. What does Miss Narwin say when she is interviewed by the St. Louis newspaper?

4. What does Philip realize when he reads the article?

5. How does Dr. Palleni feel when Philip comes to see him a second time?

6. What does Philip ask of Dr. Palleni in Chapter 11, and what is his response?

7. What does Dr. Doane say when she hears that Dr. Seymour denied there being a rule against singing the National Anthem?

8. Why will Philip not be able to run on the track team at his new school?

9. What does Philip do when Todd and Allison ask him about going out for the track team?

10. What does Mr. Palleni think when he first hears why Philip has been sent to his office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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