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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 are Rahim and Barnstorm doing at the end of Chapter 3?

2. What type of noisemakers do kids have at the pep ralley in Chapter 6?

3. How many weeks is Kiana's mother shooting for a movie?

4. How long has Mr. Kermit been teaching school?

5. In Chapter 10, what is the name of the substitute teacher for SCS-8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Barnstorm allowed to participate in the first school pep ralley with the football team?

2. Why does Aldo not like Kiana?

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

4. What does Kiana think about SCS-8?

5. Why is Parker allowed to drive?

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

7. Who is Emma Fountain?

8. How does Parker's grandmother often make him late for school?

9. How does Kiana nearly get run down by a pickup?

10. What type of car does Mr. Kermit drive, and who helps him get it started?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Barnstorm a student in SCS-8? How did his teachers let him down in the past? Is it unfair to hold him accountable for his studies after he cannot play sports?

Essay Topic 2

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in the novel? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?

Essay Topic 3

Parker struggles to read. Why does Parker struggle to read? Is Parker lazy or does he have an actual problem with reading?

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