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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 Chapter 7 during lunch, what does John enviously watch a group of girls eating?
2. In Chapter 10, where does Mr. Midas suggest that he and John go?
3. How often has John practiced his part for the orchestra during the last two weeks?
4. What color is the medicine that Dr. Cranium gives John in Chapter 10?
5. In Chapter 8, after the phrase, "Where the nestlings chirp and flee," what instrument warbles?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 7, what has John thought about the sort of meal his mother always wanted him to eat?
2. In Chapter 7, in the past, what has John done on days when chocolate cream pie has been served in the cafeteria?
3. In Chapter 8, how do John and Susan usually go to orchestra practice, and how do they go in Chapter 8?
4. What activities are there at Susan's birthday party in Chapter 9?
5. What does John tell Dr. Cranium about his problem in Chapter 10?
6. What do John and his father talk about when they meet on the street in Chapter 10?
7. What is John thinking as he runs away from orchestra class?
8. In Chapter 9, what does John learn when he tells his mother that Susan does not want him at her birthday party?
9. In Chapter 8, what is going on when John arrives at orchestra practice?
10. In Chapter 7, what does the school cafeteria look like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The genre of the novel is magical realism. Why is the genre of the novel magical realism rather than fantasy or realistic fiction?
Essay Topic 2
John defeats a bully in Chapter 4. How does a bully bother John? How does John defeat the bully and avoid getting picked on?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 8, John’s teacher gives vocabulary words that seem to be related to John’s situation. What vocabulary words does John’s teacher give the students? What lessons do the words suggest that John should be learning and why?
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