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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sciene Fair, Chapters 1-3, (pg 263 - 295).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the alternative junior high school in Holyoke?
(a) Lincoln Square.
(b) Logos.
(c) Church Square.
(d) Crossroads.

2. What word did Manny call out in class that caused Mrs. Zajac to bop him on the top of his head with paper?
(a) "No way!"
(b) "Diablo!"
(c) "Ohmygosh!"
(d) "Cucaracha!"

3. What is "dual captivity?"
(a) A student has to be in school, and the teacher has to teach them.
(b) A teacher may not leave the room unless the students do too.
(c) A students cannot leave the classroom without the teacher's permission.
(d) A parent must send their children to school and school must keep them.

4. Why did Mrs. Zajac recite the rosary at night?
(a) As a way to help remember there was a power strong than she.
(b) As an alternative to counting sheep and a way not to think about her students.
(c) As a way to relieve her guilt for being a poor teacher on some days.
(d) As a way to ask for help and guidance while teaching her students.

5. What suggestion did Al give the teachers at Kelly School during their staff meeting in March?
(a) "If you do not want to be a teacher, find something else to do."
(b) "If you want better students, be better disciplinarians."
(c) "If you are not teaching, get with it."
(d) "If you are not happy, think about leaving."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did classroom management require as Mrs. Zajac practiced it?

3. Whom did Mrs. Zajac ask to clean out Clarence's desk?

4. What did Mrs. Zajac often mutter to herself in her classroom?

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

(see the answer key)

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