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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the person who arranged the trip to Puerto Rico over spring break?
(a) Felipe's father.
(b) A teacher at Kelly School.
(c) Alphonse Laudato.
(d) Mrs. Zajac.

2. What was the name of the newspaper Felipe bought and brought home to his father and a resident of his building?
(a) Transcript-Telegram.
(b) Puerto Rican-Telegram.
(c) Post-Dispatch.
(d) Times-Picayune.

3. What was the name of Mrs. Zajac's church?
(a) The Blessed Heart.
(b) Loyola.
(c) The Holy Name.
(d) Sacred Heart.

4. What did Mrs. Zajac hope to convince Robert's mother to do for him?
(a) Bring him to a psychiatrist for an evaluation.
(b) Bring him to the barber and get his hair cut.
(c) Bring him to a tutor for his math and science work.
(d) Bring him to a physician and get his tetanus shots.

5. With what fictional character did Mrs. Zajac compare herself to as she led her students in the halls?
(a) Perdita in "101 Dalmatians."
(b) Belle in "Beauty and the Beast."
(c) The mother duck in "Make Way for Ducklings."
(d) The stepmother in "Cinderella."

6. What did Al say at the end of his talk to his teachers about the standardized tests results?
(a) "We do the best we can do, and that's that."
(b) "We do the best with what we have, but we can do much better."
(c) "We all try here. I know that."
(d) "We're doing a good job. We really are."

7. How did Kelly School children score on the standardized tests whose results arrived that year?
(a) Holyoke students were in the middle third with their scores.
(b) Holyoke students had some of the highest scores in the state.
(c) Holyoke students had some of the lowest test scores in the state.
(d) Holyoke students improved their scores by over fifty percent.

8. Who was missing from Clarence's core evaluation meeting?
(a) Mrs. Zajac.
(b) The psychologist.
(c) His mother.
(d) The principal.

9. Who were the "three Claudes" Mrs. Zajac identified as being part of Claude's personality?
(a) The overweight, the problematic, and the ignorant Claudes.
(b) The absent-minded, the sad and lonely, and the maddening Claudes.
(c) The foolish, the ignorant, and the meddling Claudes.
(d) The absent-minded, the arrogant, and the sassy Claudes.

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

11. What important thing happened to Judith in January?
(a) She was promoted to sixth grade.
(b) She got braces.
(c) She got glasses.
(d) She got a new puppy.

12. What was the topic for Claude's Science Fair project?
(a) The formation of rivers and streams.
(b) A water wheel.
(c) Formation of the oceans.
(d) A laser beam.

13. What did Judith say to Mrs. Zajac as the class looked out on the open field and pastureland?
(a) "I want to live here."
(b) "I am ready to go home now."
(c) "My father would love this."
(d) "Is it quiet like this in Puerto Rico?"

14. What did Irish immigrants bring to America with them as keepsakes of their home?
(a) Pieces of tatted lace.
(b) Quilts from friends.
(c) Pieces of Irish sod.
(d) Wool from sheep.

15. Whom did Mrs. Zajac ask to clean out Clarence's desk?
(a) Mariposa.
(b) Arabella.
(c) Claude.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two girls in Mrs. Zajac's class stayed close together during the field trip?

2. How did Felipe's father learn English when he arrived in America?

3. What kinds of things appeared around Robert's desk during the school week?

4. On what did Claude build his model river?

5. What statistic applied to Holyoke School about their standardized test scores?

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