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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sent Away, Chapters 1-8, (pg 145-193).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one thing Mrs. Zajac expected from her students?
(a) That they remained quiet in class.
(b) That they did their best.
(c) That they knew the Pledge of Allegiance.
(d) That they raised their hand.

2. What did Mrs. Zajac worry about after asking Jimmy why he was so tired?
(a) How much time her students spent reading at home.
(b) How important Sesame Street was to children.
(c) What negligent parents allowed their children to watch on TV.
(d) How late her students went to sleep regularly.

3. Who were the two children in her class Mrs. Zajac imagined bringing home to live with her?
(a) Mariposa and Felipe.
(b) Jennifer and Manny.
(c) Arabella and Dick.
(d) Courtney and Jimmy.

4. What game did Mrs. Zajac invent in order to get her students' attention in math one day?
(a) She was the student, and the students were the teacher.
(b) She pretended she was asleep at her desk.
(c) She played "I am thinking of a number."
(d) She started demonstrating card tricks.

5. What book did Mrs. Zajac read at the end of her summer break?
(a) "The Art of Creative Writing."
(b) "How Children Learn."
(c) "How to Teach."
(d) "The Art of Teaching Writing."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jim Padden?

2. What happened to Lisette, one of the quiet children in the room, in October?

3. What was the last sharp ethnic division left in Holyoke when Mrs. Zajac was teaching?

4. What did students in Mrs. Zajac's class know by the end of the first day in social studies?

5. What did Mrs. Zajac tell her students to think when they hand in their work to her?

(see the answer key)

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