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1 Prologue-chapter 4-Please use complete sentences! 1. What type of document makes up the prologue? 2. What is the occupation of the person who wrote the document that makes up the prologue? 3. What information is contained in the document that makes up the prologue? 4. What is a faculty member supposed to announce at the beginning of every school day? 5. What are the students supposed to do as they listen to something every day at school? 6. What is Phillip's dream? 7. Why did Phillip's father quit college? 8. Aside from running, what is Phillip's greatest talent? 9. Why does Phillip not like the book he assigned to read at school? 10. What does Phillip's homeroom teacher do during the National Anthem? 11. Why does Phillip's dad not have a very good job?

2 12. What is the only thing Phillip and his father talk about at the beginning of the school year? 13. How do we learn about what Phillip did with his assigned book? 14. What does Phillip do when he hears someone say they liked the assigned reading book? 15. Why does Phillip act out so much in his English class? 16. How does Phillip feel about the book he is tested on in his English exam? 17. What does Miss Narwin think of the book that Phillip is tested on in his English exam? 18. Why is Miss Narwin so hard on Phillip in her exam notes?

3 Chapters 5-9 Please use complete sentences! 1. What is the special program that Miss Narwin wants to attend called? 2. How did Miss Narwin first meet the person from whom she is asking for the money to go to her special program? 3. How many times has Miss Narwin asked for money for special programs before this? 4. What does Miss Narwin say her beloved books are competing with for students' attention? 5. What kind of document makes up Chapter 6? 6. What will be lost if the budget is not approved? 7. How many times has a budget proposal been voted on before this year? 8. Why does Phillip not care about his History grade? 9. How fast did Steve Hallick run a mile? 10. According to Chapter 8, where is all the grant money for seminars going that year? 11. What will the person who gets the grant money be studying?

4 12. Why will Phillip not be able to do what he wanted in the Spring? 13. What does Coach Jamison tell Phillip to do in order to do what he wants in the Spring? 14. What does Phillip do during class after hearing he will not be able to do what he wants in the Spring? 15. What kind of document tell us what Phillip won't be allowed to do in the Spring? 16. What does Phillip's mom want his dad to talk to him about in Chapter 9? 17. What does Phillip's father say is the worst thing that could happen in response to his wife's concerns over Phillip? 18. What does Phillip's father say he was never interested in when he was Phillip's age? 19. What is Miss Narwin so angry about? 20. What does Phillip's mother say in Chapter 9 that calms one of his fears?

5 Chapters Please use complete sentences 1. What does Phillip do during the National Anthem that Miss Narwin does not like? 2. What does Miss Narwin tell her sister creates chaos every school year? 3. What reason does Phillip give Todd for not going out for the track team? 4. Whose office is Phillip sent to the second time he hums the National Anthem? 5. Why does Phillip say he is humming the National Anthem? 6. What rule does the person punishing Phillip in Chapter 11 say he has broken? 7. What does the person punishing Phillip tell him to do instead of humming the anthem? 8. How does Dr. Palleni feel when Phillip is sent to see him a second time in Chapter 12? 9. What word does Phillip used to describe the school rules when he goes to see Dr. Palleni a second time?

6 10. What does Dr. Palleni want to do to punish Phillip for his humming? 11. How does Phillip feel about the situation after his interview? 12. Who does Jennifer ask about a rule banning the singing of the National Anthem? 13. What does Dr. Doane say about Phillip when she is interviewed over the phone? 14. What does Dr. Palleni attribute Phillip's acting out to? 15. In the article, who is blamed for changing the rules in the school? 16. What does Dr. Doane tell Dr. Seymour Phillip was suspended for? 17. Who does Miss Seymour call when she reads the article? 18. What does Ted use the article for?

7 Chapters Use complete sentences 1. What picks up Jennifer's story about Phillip? 2. Who is the School Board Chair? 3. What does Miss Narwin say Phillip did to make herself look more justified? 4. Which of the following students is NOT interviewed by Dr. Doane after the story is released? 5. How many angry telegrams does the school get when Phillip returns to school after being suspended? 6. What does Dr. Seymour use to prove that Miss Narwin is out of touch with her students? 7. What is Miss Narwin forced to do for the rest of the school year? 8. What does Phillip do when the press and attention get to be too much for him? 9. What does Miss Narwin do when the press and attention get to be too much for her?

8 10. What does Mrs. Malloy plan to spend the money she has saved up on? 11. Why is Coach Jamison not sympathetic with Phillip? 12. What will the schools not be able to purchase now that the budget has been overturned? 13. Where is the reporter from who writes Miss Narwin's side of the issue? 14. What does Phillip's new school not have? 15. What do the students at Phillip's new school do every day? 16. What does Phil say he never knew at the end of the book?