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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. Which of the following students is NOT interviewed by Dr. Doane after the story is released?

2. How many angry telegrams does the school get when Phillip returns to school after being suspended?

3. What is the title of the article written by Jennifer?

4. What does Phillip call the Washington Academy?

5. How does Dr. Palleni feel when Phillip is sent to see him a second time in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the article that Jennifer writes about?

2. What does Philip plan to do after his suspension?

3. What do Philip and Miss Narwin do when the attention and press get to be too much for them?

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

5. What does Mrs. Malloy do when the attention gets to be too much for Philip?

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

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

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

9. What does Miss Narwin plan to do at the end of the school year, and why?

10. What does Allison confront Philip about after the story comes out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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