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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Homework, Chapters 1-3, (pg 57-107).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which student did Mrs. Zajac acknowledge brought out the worst in her?
(a) Alice.
(b) Robert.
(c) Felipe.
(d) Manny.

2. What did Mrs. Zajac allow the students to do on the first day?
(a) Make as much noise as they wanted.
(b) Eat their snacks early.
(c) Choose their own desks.
(d) Talk about their summer vacations.

3. What were the two things the city of Holyoke was known for?
(a) Being the home of Abbott and Costello and the first radio tower.
(b) Being the birthplace of both volleyball and Lestoil.
(c) Being the oldest and poorest town in the state.
(d) Being the start of the Appalachian Trail and the Smokey Mountains.

4. What was unusual about Pedro's uncle who lived with him?
(a) He was a television announcer.
(b) He was a circus performer.
(c) He was a transvestite.
(d) He was paralyzed from the neck down.

5. 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 a way to ask for help and guidance while teaching her students.
(c) As an alternative to counting sheep and a way not to think about her students.
(d) As a way to relieve her guilt for being a poor teacher on some days.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What game did Mrs. Zajac invent in order to get her students' attention in math one day?

4. How many children were in Mrs. Zajac's class?

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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