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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 event of Jane’s did the Phelpses show up to protest?
2. How does Jonathan say Sima made people feel?
3. What was Darren’s mother afraid any confrontation with Darren might lead to?
4. Where is Jonathan when the New York School chapter begins?
5. What was special about the Snowball skate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Adam’s relationship with Peter Evanson?
2. How did Jonathan’s relationship with Sima begin?
3. What was Jonathan’s experience in the bathhouse, and how did it affect him?
4. Who are the Phelpses and what was their relation to Jane Gordon?
5. What is the importance of the painted tissue box?
6. Where did Darren walk to, and where did he end up, before he got a ride home?
7. How did Adam lose his L-D debate?
8. In what condition did Darren wake up at Clinton Lake?
9. What happened to Darren at Clinton Lake?
10. How did the time at the roller rink return seven years later in the basement at Jason’s party?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evaluate your own reading of The Topeka School—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 2
What topics would you like to research further, after reading The Topeka School? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on The Topeka School.
Essay Topic 3
In what way does The Topeka School serve as equipment for living? How does it help you evaluate claims in the real world, and make decisions? What kinds of decisions would this book likely help you make?
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