Stuntboy, in the Meantime Test | Final Test - Hard

Jason Reynolds
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Stuntboy, in the Meantime Test | Final Test - Hard

Jason Reynolds
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Portico do when he finds his parents arguing after he comes home from the movie?

2. After Portico and Zola get home from the movie theater, what are Portico's parents arguing about?

3. When does Portico have to do chores?

4. On what day of Portico and Zola's friendship does a Super Space Warriors movie come out?

5. When Portico's parents are fighting after Cut Day, what do they tell Portico to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Portico and Zola not know how the Super Space Warriors ends?

2. What is Zola doing in Episode 4 when Portico goes to find her after seeing his parents arguing again?

3. What chore does Portico sort of like and why?

4. What does the narrator want for the theme song in Episode 6?

5. When is there a block party at Skylight Gardens, and what happens at a block party?

6. Who is Soup, and why is he called Soup?

7. In Episode 6 after Portico finds his parents arguing about a clock, how does Mrs. Brawner try to help him calm down?

8. Who is Romello Mann, and what do people think of him?

9. At the end of Episode 7, what are Portico's parents arguing about, and what does he do?

10. What do Portico and Zola think about Cut Day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Portico struggles with anxiety, something he calls “frets.” Why does Portico suffer from the frets? How does he learn to manage his anxiety?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Stuntboy, In the Meantime? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and character? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Portico and Zola have active imaginations. How do they use their imaginations to understand their realities and sometimes escape them?

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