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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. How many times has Parker been late to school in Chapter 3?

2. What is the approximate temperature in Chapter 3 when Parker picks up his grandmother?

3. How old is Mr. Kermit?

4. How many pages does Kiana write for her essay in Chapter 10?

5. What does Rhaim's stepfather do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Kiana's stepmother wonder if Kiana got registered okay, and what does Kiana say?

2. How far has Jake Terranova come since seventh grade?

3. What does Mr. Kermit do all day?

4. What bad news does Kiana get from her mother?

5. What happens when Mr. Kermit's class joins Miss Fountain's circle time?

6. Why does Mr. Kermit think he needs to get groceries in Chapter 8?

7. Why does Kiana think that Mr. Kermit cares for the students?

8. What does Mateo do when he is bored, and how does he classify his family?

9. How does Mateo compare classmates to characters from TV and movies?

10. Why is Parker allowed to drive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Kermit does not like Jake Terranova. Why does Mr. Kermit not like Jake? What efforts does Jake make to restore the relationship? How does the relationship change?

Essay Topic 2

How are pep rallies and Spirit Week designed to boost school spirt at Greenwich Middle School? Do these activities create a sense of unity and camaraderie among the students?

Essay Topic 3

An inciting incident is a point in a book that draws the reader into the story and creates a conflict for the protagonist or stirs the protagonist to action. What is the inciting incident in The Unteachables? Why is that the inciting incident? How does it change the protagonist?

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