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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the principal of Kelly School identify as one of his better skills?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Organization.
(d) Parent conferences.

2. What did students in Mrs. Zajac's class know by the end of the first day in social studies?
(a) Their first three presidents.
(b) Their name, address, and phone number.
(c) Their continent and the oceans surrounding it.
(d) Their city, state, and country and where they were located on a map.

3. What was something Mrs. Zajac liked about Pam's lessons for the children?
(a) She had a strong teaching voice.
(b) She taught one thing at a time.
(c) She incorporated games into her teaching.
(d) She was organized and a good disciplinarian.

4. What was the music teacher's Halloween project with Mrs. Zajac's students?
(a) To sing a Halloween song.
(b) To record Halloween spooky stories.
(c) To record spooky sounds.
(d) To parade in their Halloween costumes.

5. What kind of car did Mrs. Zajac drive?
(a) A Volvo station wagon.
(b) A small red station wagon.
(c) A small yellow station wagon.
(d) A small black station wagon.

6. What happened if a student did not hand in their best work?
(a) Mrs. Zajac would make you clean the classroom.
(b) Mrs. Zajac would make you do it over.
(c) Mrs. Zajac would keep you after school.
(d) Mrs. Zajac would give you an automatic F.

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

8. Where was Old Ward Four?
(a) Just down the hill from the Flats.
(b) Outside the city limits.
(c) A twenty-minute ride from the Flats.
(d) Up the hill from the Flats.

9. When Clarence was particularly nasty to Pam, what did Judith say to him?
(a) "Just get out if you don't want to learn."
(b) "Get out of her face."
(c) "You have the brain of a caterpillar."
(d) "Miss Hunt is a good teacher."

10. While Pam was teaching the class, who was disruptive and threatened to punch her?
(a) Robert.
(b) Julio.
(c) Clarence.
(d) Jimmy.

11. What was the first social studies question Mrs. Zajac asked her class?
(a) "What country is to the south of us?"
(b) "What is the name of our country?"
(c) "What planet do we live on?"
(d) "What is the name of the country to the north of us?"

12. What was the last sharp ethnic division left in Holyoke when Mrs. Zajac was teaching?
(a) Between Baptists, African Americans, and Protestants.
(b) Between Puerto Ricans, the latest newcomers, and everyone else.
(c) Between Puerto Ricans, Jews, and blue-bloods.
(d) Between Irish Catholics, Baptists, and Puerto Ricans.

13. After two days of being out of her class while Miss Hunt taught it, what did Mrs. Zajac say?
(a) "What a relief not to be in there!"
(b) "Pam will never make a good teacher."
(c) "Oh! I want my class back!"
(d) "Why would anyone want to become a teacher today?"

14. What did Mrs. Zajac tell her students to think when they hand in their work to her?
(a) "This is the best I can do and I'm proud of it."
(b) "I hope she does not grade hard."
(c) "I did my best,"
(d) "I tried really hard."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What different kinds of reports did Mrs Zajac assign to her students monthly?

2. How long did it take Mrs. Zajac to learn her students' names?

3. What did Mrs. Zajac want to come back as in her next life?

4. What was the name of the bilingual teacher next door to Mrs. Zajac's classroom?

5. What was the "cafetorium?"

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