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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 is Grandma wearing at the beginning of Chapter 8?
2. In Chapter 6, what is the fifth grade teacher's name?
3. Where do the billboards announcing the Key Lime Pie Belt first appear on Brent's bus trip?
4. What does Grandma survive in her youth?
5. At the end of Chapter 5, whom does Brent serenade?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Brent resolve to do as he reads his star guide book? How is he already accomplishing his goal with the whirligigs?
2. Emil makes a comment to Brent that his father had told him that teachers live forever through their students. When Brent hears this, what person in his past comes to mind? What do her words mean to Brent at the time she speaks to him? What realization has Emil's sharing brought to Brent?
3. What does Tony finally write in his journal? What does he do to emphasize the truth in his entry?
4. Which whirligig is at Tony's summer campground? How does Tony feel about the whirligig?
5. What has Tony failed to do that lands him in trouble with Mr. Mintz?
6. Why is it easy for Brent to interact with the children as he builds the whirligig?
7. What effect do her parents' actions concerning their Jewish heritage have on Jenny?
8. Why does Brent refuse to use the Visa card which his parents have given him for the trip? What does this say about his new sense of responsibility?
9. As Brent steps into the hostel's dining hall, he sees a bearded man playing a concertina for the guests. Why does Brent admire this man? What is Brent thinking as he watches the bearded man entertain?
10. Where does the drive take Jenny and Grandma?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore the statement, "Mr. Mintz is a very wise teacher." Use Mr. Mintz's whirligig analogy for support.
Essay Topic 2
The campground setting appears several times in the book. Why is this setting so prevalent? Why is it appropriate for the first and last whirligig to be constructed on a campground?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 6, Tony is a mischievous little fifth grader. Discuss Tony's sense of humor and how he uses it to make the best of a bad situation.
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