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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. During the field trip to the car dealership, what car does Parker want to take for a test drive?

2. How many vuvuzelas are in each carton?

3. Who stops Elaine from choking on a cookie during the field trip to Terranova's?

4. What does Parker deliver to Foodland in Chapter 15?

5. For how many years does Dr. Thaddeus say that Mr. Kermit's students have shown declining results on the state science exam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kiana understand Archimdedes' first law of bouyancy?

2. What announcement comes over the PA while Mr. Kermit is wondering why all of his students are missing in Chapter 13?

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

4. What punishment do the students from SCS-8 get for the vuvuzela incident, and why does Mateo say it a worse punishment than it sounds?

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

6. What does Christina Varga tells Dr. Thaddeus about the cheating incident when it is mentioned in a newspaper article in Chapter 14?

7. What happens to Elaine during the field trip to Terranova Motors?

8. How does Dr. Thaddeus hope to get rid of Mr. Kermit in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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