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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grade was Mrs. Zajac's son in?
(a) Preschool.
(b) First grade.
(c) Third grade.
(d) Second grade.

2. What was the music teacher's Halloween project with Mrs. Zajac's students?
(a) To sing a Halloween song.
(b) To parade in their Halloween costumes.
(c) To record spooky sounds.
(d) To record Halloween spooky stories.

3. What different kinds of reports did Mrs Zajac assign to her students monthly?
(a) Book and history reports and creative writing.
(b) Book, ancient history, and biology reports.
(c) Book, science, social studies reports, and several stories.
(d) Book, current events and general science reports.

4. What was the name of the student teacher in Mrs. Zajac's class?
(a) Miss Brown.
(b) Miss Hunt.
(c) Miss Smith.
(d) Miss Catch.

5. What did Mrs. Zajac tell her students to think when they hand in their work to her?
(a) "I tried really hard."
(b) "I did my best,"
(c) "I hope she does not grade hard."
(d) "This is the best I can do and I'm proud of it."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Zajac allow the students to do on the first day?

2. What was something Mrs. Zajac thought was a weakness of Pam's as a teacher?

3. What did Dick say to a classmate one day about Mrs. Zajac?

4. When she canceled science for a day, what did Mrs. Zajac substitute in its stead?

5. When was Kelly School built?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Clarence immediately catch Mrs. Zajac's eye? What were some of his behaviors in the classroom? What did she and her student teacher Miss Hunt notice about Clarence?

2. What happened in the 1970's to the town of Holyoke? How did this affect the town and its economy? What plans did the state and local governments come up with to renew Holyoke?

3. How did Clarence's behavior change in the first three days of school? What was Mrs. Zajac's reaction? What were Clarence's consequences for his behavior? What does Mrs. Zajac finally decide to do?

4. What were some of the tips Mrs. Zajac gives Pam Hunt before her three days teaching in the classroom alone?

5. In the first chapter, what does the reader learn about Mrs. Zajac? How old is she? How long has she been a teacher? Does she have a family?

6. How did the fifth grade class celebrate the Christmas break? What did Mrs. Zajac give each child as a Christmas gift?

7. Where was Mrs. Zajac born, and where did she grow up? What did her father do for a living? What was a unique quality about the town in which she was born?

8. What was the name of Mrs. Zajac's school and where was it located? What did we know about the school? What was the make-up of the student body in her classroom?

9. Why were Fridays good days in Mrs. Zajac's fifth grade class? How did they compare to Mondays?

10. Why did Mrs. Zajac allow her students to choose their own desks on the first day of school? What message did she want to send to her students? What did she learn about the children by allowing them their choice of seats?

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