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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 all the shirts look like in Chloe's closet?

2. How does Nussbaum dance with the Tin Man?

3. What is the name of Kate's doctor?

4. How many students are in the Hardcastle school district?

5. What is the name of the school Donovan attends in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Donovan's recurring nightmare in "Unrepaired"?

2. Why does Chloe believe that being gifted has a cost?

3. How is Katie helping the students at the Academy get their Human Growth and Development credit?

4. What does Noah wear to the dance?

5. Why is Donovan the only kid in detention on the day of the basketball game against Salem Junior High?

6. Why does Donovan show the two Daniels the robot during the dance?

7. Where has Dr. Schultz looked for the piece of paper where he wrote the name of the boy who damaged the statue?

8. Why does Donovan decide to escape the dance after showing the robot to the Daniels?

9. What problems are there at Hardcastle Middle and High Schools because of the damage to the gym floor?

10. When there is a fight in the gym during the dance, who stops it and how?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Donovan feels under pressure as he continues to hide from Schultz and tries to fit in at the Academy. How does Donovan manage the pressures that he feels and the increasing loyalty that he has for the Academy?

Essay Topic 2

Donovan cannot believe how different the Academy is from Hardcastle. What does the incident with the paper airplane on the bus reveal about the way Academy students are treated and the way Hardcastle students are treated? Why are they treated so differently?

Essay Topic 3

Chloe thinks that being intelligent doesn't have to mean that you don't have good social skills. In what ways do the Academy students have better social skills than the students at Hardcastle?

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