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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 do people call Mr. Kermit's coffee mug?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Jake Terranova do for a living?

3. What does the substitute teacher say that her son's career is?

4. Who starts to give Elaine a difficult time about blocking the stairs until he realizes who she is in Chapter 6?

5. What does Rhaim's stepfather do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Parker gets to his classroom in Chapter 3?

3. Who is Emma Fountain?

4. What does not make sense to Parker regarding the vuvuzelas in Chapter 9?

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

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

7. What does Kiana think about SCS-8?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Kermit holds a grudge against Jake Terranova. Why does Mr. Kermit hold a grudge against Jake? Is Mr. Kermit justified in his grudge? How does he overcome it?

Essay Topic 3

The students in SCS-8 are called Unteachable. Why are these students called Unteachables? Why are they stigmatized with that epithet?

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