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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. When the students come to class in Chapter 15, what is on the back wall?

2. How many volts does Mr. Kermit think you could put to his students' feet and they still would not excel?

3. How many pizza parties has the class had because Kiana turns in her rewards for her puffy-tails for the parties?

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

5. Who helps Mr. Kermit redecorate his classroom in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Goodbunnies chart?

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

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

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

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

7. At the beginning of Chapter 19, how does Grams tell Parker that she won his grandfather when another girl wanted him?

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

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

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Backstories are used to present information about events that happened before events in the novel. How do backstories provide insight into characters and events? What is the importance of backstories in the novel?

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