What question from the students inspires Mr. Ross to start an experiment in his history class?

How could the Germans sit back while the Nazis slaughtered people...?

What is Mr. Ross's main goal for creating the experiment?

To make the students learn something by experiencing it themselves.

What does the reader learn about Laurie and Amy?

they are best friends since childhood

How do the students react after watching the Holocaust film?

First, they are silent and shocked. Then, they ask questions.

What's Robert's attitude towards school and other students at the end of ch. 2/start of ch.3?

He has given up, is hopeless and doesn't care about school and others.

What problem does Laurie notive about her fellow students in the school paper staff?

They are often lazy and leave work unfinished

What is Laurie doing at the very beginning of the novel?

writing an article for the school paper

How is Ben Ross introduced in the novel?

as a dynamic teacher who makes history lessons interesting

What does the reader learn about Gordon High's football team?

They lose a lot because the team has no discipline and doesn't work a lot.

What does the reader learn about Laurie's and Amy's relationship in ch. 3?

They are close but also competitive at school and over boys.

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1
What question from the students inspires Mr. Ross to start an experiment in his history class?
Could this happen in America?
How could the Germans sit back while the Nazis slaughtered people...?
Why are we learning this?
Why didn't the Jews fight back?
2
What problem does Mr. Ross have with his students' reactions to the Holocaust film?
They don't understand why Germans said they didn't know about the Holocaust
They don't understand why nobody stopped Hitler.
All answers are true.
They don't understand how the Nazis became so powerful.
3
What is Mr. Ross's main goal for creating the experiment?
To make the students learn something by experiencing it themselves.
To become more popular as a teacher.
To prepare the students for football season.
To make the lessons more interesting.
4
Mr. Ross is passionate about his job and hard-working while preparing his lessons.
True
False
5
What does the reader learn about Laurie and Amy?
they are competing for the same position in the school paper
they are distant classmates
they are best friends since childhood
they are sisters
6
How do the students react after watching the Holocaust film?
They are bored and uninterested.
They are joking about it.
They directly start asking questions about Hitler.
First, they are silent and shocked. Then, they ask questions.
7
What's Robert's attitude towards school and other students at the end of ch. 2/start of ch.3?
He tries hard to improve at school and to fit in.
He has given up, is hopeless and doesn't care about school and others.
He enjoys being the class clown.
He wants to transfer schools because he is bullied.
8
What problem does Laurie notive about her fellow students in the school paper staff?
They don't get along with their teachers
They focus too much on sports articles
They are often lazy and leave work unfinished
They take their work too seriously
9
What is Laurie doing at the very beginning of the novel?
writing an article for the school paper
waiting for her friend in the library
sitting in history class
reading a magazine
10
Mr. Ross's wife supports Ben's idea and encourages him to start the experiment.
False
True
11
How is Ben Ross introduced in the novel?
as a dynamic teacher who makes history lessons interesting
as a new unknown teacher at Gordon High
as an art teacher who is disorganized and can't use modern technology
as a strict and unpopular head teacher
12
What does the reader learn about Gordon High's football team?
They have really bad coaches.
They are successful.
They lose a lot because the team has no discipline and doesn't work a lot.
They have a lot of injured teammates who can't play.
13
The students immediately understand why the German people let the killing of the Jews in Europe happen.
True
False
14
What's the main topic of Mr. Ross's history lesson in chapter 2?
World War One
The Cold War
The American Civil War
The Holocaust and Nazi Germany
15
What does the reader learn about Laurie's and Amy's relationship in ch. 3?
They are really close and support each other all the time.
They are close but also competitive at school and over boys.
They get in a fight and stop talking to each other.
They seem distant and hardly talk with one another.
16
David thinks Laurie is overthinking the Holocaust film and wants to move on from this topic.
False
True

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