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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 percent do first-place winners of the science fair get added to their grades on the state science assessment?

2. Where is Rahim taking art classes?

3. What time does Jake see Mr. Kermit outside the school waiting in Chapter 20?

4. When will the state science assessment be?

5. Where did Grams do her military service?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Kermit tell his students about spirit?

2. What does Mrs. Vargas say about Mr. Kermit when he was younger?

3. Why is Dr. Thaddeus worried about Mr. Kermit taking early retirement, and what does he intend to do about it?

4. Why does Mr. Kermit start getting anagram books for Parker?

5. How does Parker kick off Spirit Week?

6. Who works with Parker on anagrams, and why?

7. How is Barnstorm channeling his competitive energy now that he cannot play sports?

8. What is the Goodbunnies chart?

9. What do Parker and the other kids from SCS-8 decide to do when the vuvuzelas are delivered to the school?

10. Why does Jake Terranova come to Mr. Kermit's classroom in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Kermit hands out worksheets in SCS-8. How has Mr. Kermit’s teaching style changed over the years and why?

Essay Topic 3

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters the author has created?

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