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The Homework Machine

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The Homework Machine , written by acclaimed American author Dan Gutman was first published in 2007 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers and is the first of a two-book series. The second book, The Return of the Homework Machine , was published in 2011. Gutman is primarily a children’s fiction writer who has been nominated for and won numerous awards, including 18 for The Homework Machine alone. Gutman is best known for his humorous series, My Weird School , in which there are more than 70 books. He lives in New York City with his family.

The paperback edition used for this study guide was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007.

Plot Summary

The Homework Machine is told from the perspectives of multiple characters in the format of tape recordings for a police report.

The four main characters are fifth-grade students who are grouped at the same classroom table because their last names start with D: Sam Dawkins (Snik), Kelsey Donnelly , Judy Douglas , and Brenton Damagatchi . Other than sharing the same last initial, the students have nothing in common. Snik is the cool class smart aleck; Kelsey is laid back and doesn’t care about school; Judy is conscientious and in the gifted program; and Brenton is a loner and genius who designs software and studies psychology in his spare time. Snik pushes people’s buttons, and one day he pushes Brenton too far—implying that Brenton spends all his free time doing homework. Brenton retorts that he doesn’t spend any time doing homework and lets slip that he has invented a homework machine.

Snik calls Brenton a liar, so Brenton invites Snik, Judy, and Kelsey to his house to see for themselves. The group are stunned when Brenton’s machine prints out perfectly completed homework in Brenton’s handwriting. Brenton agrees to let Snik, Judy, and Kelsey join him after school to “do” their homework and even rewrites the software to accommodate their handwriting. The unlikely foursome spends every afternoon together, but they insist that they are not friends and that the only reason they tolerate each other is to use the homework machine, which they name Belch. Judy feels guilty about cheating but enjoys getting A’s and uses the extra time to take up ballet. Kelsey’s vastly improved grades earn her privileges, such as a belly-button piercing, from her mother. As the weeks pass, the D Squad becomes addicted to using Belch and the boundaries between their various social identities begin to blur. Snik shows an interest in “boring” chess, which Brenton plays, and Judy tries to be complimentary about Kelsey’s piercings (while finding them disgusting). Everything seems to be going well. However, things start to rapidly fall apart halfway through the year. Judy and Kelsey’s other friends resent their new associations and “unfriend” them, and their teacher, Miss Rasmussen , suspects that they are cheating.

In addition, a strange man has been stalking the group ever since Brenton designed software to instigate a hugely successful social media-driven “red socks day” that spread across America. Miss Rasmussen springs a surprise test on the class to see whether the D Squad really knows their schoolwork. Sure enough—Kelsey and Snik fail, and Judy gets a C, confirming Miss Rasmussen’s suspicions. Before Miss Rasmussen can report them, Snik’s father, who is in the military, is killed in the Middle East. This tragic event diverts Miss Rasmussen’s attention from the cheating, which seems trivial in comparison. The bond between the D Squad strengthens as the stress of keeping Belch secret increases.

Together they decide to shut Belch down, only to discover that Belch has taken on a life of its own and will not power off. They throw Belch into the Grand Canyon and feel relief as they watch it disappear. However, when backpackers find computer pieces at the bottom of the canyon, the D Squad is called into the sheriff’s office where they confess to everything. The case is closed, but their unlikely friendships continue to strengthen and grow. The stalker turns out to be someone scouting Brenton to offer him a job as an influencer for his company. The company’s clients want to market their products to kids. Brenton simply offers him an idea he would like to influence kids with: “Do your homework” (146).

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• 1. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What grade are all the students in? third grade fourth grade fifth grade sixth grade
• 2. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What is Sam Dawkins nickname? Snikwad/Snik Dawkins Fart Boy Booger Face
• 3. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What's the rumor on why Sam Dawkins got kicked out of his old school? He knocked over a statue. He was stealing. He was failing too bad. He wouldn't get his hair cut.
• 4. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What does Judy want to be when she is older? a teacher a scientist a lawyer a writer
• 5. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Who is the true genius of the group? Judy Kelsey Brenton Sam
• 6. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What do others call Judy, Kelsey, Sam, and Brenton? The Loser Squad The D Squad The Geek Squad The Odd Squad
• 7. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Why does Sam's family move often? He keeps getting kicked out of school. His dad is in the Air Force. His mom got a new job. They wanted to live in the west.
• 8. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt True or false: Each member of the D Squad hates homework. true false
• 9. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Who invented The Homework Machine? Brenton Kelsey Sam Judy
• 10. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Which character trait would best describe Judy? careless intelligent weak irresponsible
• 11. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt True or false: Kelsey gets her belly button pierced. true false
• 12. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Who called in the anonymous tip into the police station about the homework machine? Ronnie Brenton Judy Miss Rasmussen
• 13. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Who tried to break into Brenton's house? Ronnie R. Milner Police Chief Rebecca Fish Miss Rasmussen
• 14. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What grade did Judy get on her surprise test from Miss Rasmussen? A B C D
• 15. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Who is better at ping pong? Sam Brenton
• 16. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What did Ronnie write on the bathroom stall? D SQUAD ARE CHEATERS D SQUAD HAS A HOMEWORK MACHINE D SQUAD ARE LOSERS D SQUAD ARE GENIUSES
• 17. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Where did they move Belch first? Sam's Judy's Ronnie's Kelsey's
• 18. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What happened to Sam's dad? He was killed by R. Milner He was ambushed and killed in war He made it home safely He was badly injured in an ambush
• 19. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Where does our story take place? Grand Canyon, Arizona Flagstaff, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Dallas, Texas
• 20. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Which of the other D Squad members took the loss of Sam's dad pretty hard? Kelsey Judy Brenton Ronnie
• 21. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt How did the D Squad get rid of Belch? Poured Cheez Whiz on the inside Hit it with a bat Catapulted it in the Grand Canyon Erased the hard drive
• 22. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt True or false: The D Squad remains friends even after the homework machine is gone? true false
• 23. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt What were the kids in trouble for? littering using the homework machine lying using the internet without permission
• 24. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt Who took the blame for what they did? Sam Judy Kelsey All of them
• 25. Multiple Choice Edit 30 seconds 1 pt True or false: R. Milner was a bad guy. true false

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This is a quiz about the book "The Homework Machine". The story is about four children who are being tape recorded in a police room. These questions are about what they say when they are being tape recorded.

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Who is the first narrator of this story, question #2, what grade are brenton, judy, sam, and kelsey in, question #3, what is sam usually called, question #4, what is kelsey's last name, question #5, where does judy's mother work, question #6, what situation does brenton compare to life, question #7, what is one of the 5th grade teachers' names, question #8, what is judy's first impression of her teacher, question #9, which kid stands out the most to sam, question #10, judy thinks brenton is 'good-looking' at first..

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THE HOMEWORK MACHINE

March 1, 2006 Aladdin/Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780689876783 Ages 8-12

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ABOUT THE BOOK

The unlikely foursome made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, and a slacker—Brenton, Sam, Judy and Kelsey, respectively—are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don’t want when you are keeping a secret.

Before long, members of the D Squad, as they are called at school, are getting strange Instant Messages from a shady guy named Milner; their teacher, Miss Rasmussen, is calling private meetings with each of them and giving them pop tests that they are failing; and someone has leaked the possibility of a homework machine to the school newspaper. Just when the D Squad thinks things can’t get any more out of control, Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Soon the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail…or worse!

AWARDS AND LISTS

ILA/CBC Children’s Choices ● Child Magazine’s Best Children’s Books of 2006 ● Booklist Editor’s Choice ● Booklinks‘ Lasting Connections of 2006, ● 2006 New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading & Sharing ● Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best ● Sasquatch Award Winner (Washington) ● Bluestem Book Award Nominee (Illinois) ● Colorado Children’s Book Award Master List ● Delaware Diamonds Award Nominee ● Disney Adventures Book Awards Nominee ● Golden Sower Award (Nebraska) ● Indian Paintbrush Book Award Nominee (Wyoming) ● Iowa Children’s Choice Award Nominee ● Keystone to Reading Award Nominee (Pennsylvania) ● Land of Enchantment RoadRunner Award Nominee (New Mexico) ● Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Nominee ● Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominee (Minnesota) ● Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee ● Nene Award Nominee (Hawaii) ● Nutmeg Children’s Book Award Nominee (Connecticut) ● ONEBOOKAZ Nominee (Arizona) ● Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice Award Master List ● Prairie Pasque Award Nominee (South Dakota) ● South Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee ● Sunshine State Young Readers Award Nominee (Florida) ● Virginia Readers’ Choice Award List ● Volunteer State Book Award Nominee (Tennessee) ● Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee (Indiana)

★ “This fast-paced, entertaining book has something for everyone.” — Booklist

“Humorous” — Kirkus Reviews

“A dramatic and thought-provoking story with a strong message about honesty and friendship.” — School Library Journal

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