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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 event did Thomaso witness?
(a) The divorce of his mother and father as well as his father and step-mother.
(b) The shooting and killing of his mother and father.
(c) The drowning of his brother.
(d) The shooting and killing of his father and brother.

2. Who does Torey receive a letter from?
(a) The principal.
(b) Another resource teacher.
(c) Boo's mother.
(d) Her boyfriend.

3. What is Torey unable to find out about Boo?
(a) His life outside of class.
(b) What is really wrong with him.
(c) How his parents treat him.
(d) Why Boo doesn't like her.

4. What type of game do Lori and Torey play?
(a) Card game.
(b) Strategy game.
(c) Mad Libs.
(d) Board game.

5. What age group does Torey say she understands the best?
(a) 6 year-olds.
(b) 15 year-olds.
(c) 4 year-olds.
(d) 10 year-olds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joc do when Torey doesn't say yes to marrying him?

2. What does Claudia tell Torey she will do with her baby?

3. What is the name of the man Torey is in a relationship with?

4. What does Torey inform the physician at the hospital about Boo?

5. What does Boo's mother reveal to Torey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Boo's speaking skills and discuss what happens when he begins to talk in Chapter 12.

2. Explain what Claudia believes her future will be when she has her baby.

3. Describe Claudia while in Torey's class.

4. Who is Claudia and why is she put in Torey's class?

5. Describe Lori's reaction to Boo's injury and visit to the hospital.

6. Describe the relationship between Torey and Joc.

7. Who is the third child brought to Torey's classroom and what does the child do when they first join the class?

8. Discuss Torey's feelings when she comments to Thomaso that his father makes him angry.

9. What happens when Torey has a conference with Boo's mother?

10. When Torey takes the children outside to plant bulbs, what breakthrough does Thomaso have?

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