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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. Why doesn't Sheila get to participate in this subject?
(a) Because Sheila cannot be trusted in this subject.
(b) Because it gives Torey a chance to work with the other kids.
(c) Because she refuses to do any paperwork.
(d) Because she cannot use a pencil correctly.

2. What does Sheila seem to be dwelling on?
(a) Torey and Chad becoming her parents.
(b) Torey's absence from school.
(c) Her uncle living with them.
(d) Her trial day and eating dinner out.

3. What news does Sheila share with the class after they return to school after the April snowstorm?
(a) She made a new friend during the snowstorm.
(b) Her father got a new job.
(c) Her roof collapsed from the weight of the snow.
(d) Her uncle is out of jail and staying with them.

4. What does Torey notice when Sheila's father arrives at the hospital?
(a) He brings the uncle with him.
(b) He is not a legal guardian.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He no longer wants Sheila.

5. How does Anton calm down Whitney's mother?
(a) He takes her to the lounge for coffee.
(b) He yells back at her for treating Whitney so harshly.
(c) He takes her for a long walk.
(d) He shows her the humor in the situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Torey's students is moving away?

2. Why is Torey almost glad for Sheila's hospitalization?

3. What surprises Torey about Sheila's hospital stay?

4. How does Whitney's mother react to the situation about the rabbit waste?

5. What does Sheila's father acknowledge?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you believe the poem is an indicator of?

2. What surprises Torey about Whitney and why does this surprise her?

3. What does Sheila's father do at the end of this chapter which gives Torey hope that he is trying to do the right thing?

4. What does Torey think may be at the heart of Sheila's aversion to completing paperwork and why does she think this way?

5. What does Sheila want to know when Torey returns to school after being at the conference?

6. What present does Anton give to Torey for her birthday?

7. What does Chad give to Sheila and how does she react?

8. Why does the superintendent call a meeting and what is the outcome of that meeting?

9. What does Torey use discussion time to do with the class in chapter twelve?

10. What present does Sheila give to Torey for her birthday?

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