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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. How many reading groups did Mrs. Zajac have in her classroom?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

2. What happened to the Flats in the 1980's?
(a) Michelin Tire Co. opened a factory there.
(b) Rehab companies built high rises.
(c) People set fire to abandoned buildings.
(d) The city turned it into green space.

3. What did Mrs. Zajac write on the board daily before her students arrived?
(a) The day, the date, and the schedule.
(b) The day of the week and the number for the day.
(c) The word of the day, and the students who owed her work.
(d) The day and the students who owed her work.

4. 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.

5. What does Mrs. Zajac consider the cruelest form of prejudice a teacher can have?
(a) Not assigning homework because it might be too hard.
(b) Not expecting fifth graders to be able to read well.
(c) Treating white children better than others.
(d) Not treating children equally due to their circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Zajac allow the students to do on the first day?

2. Who were the two children in her class Mrs. Zajac imagined bringing home to live with her?

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

4. What was the first social studies question Mrs. Zajac asked her 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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