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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) Alphonse Laudato.
(b) Felipe's father.
(c) A teacher at Kelly School.
(d) Mrs. Zajac.

2. 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."

3. 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 a tutor for his math and science work.
(c) Bring him to the barber and get his hair cut.
(d) Bring him to a physician and get his tetanus shots.

4. What did Mrs. Zajac see that Robert had tried to create for his Science Fair project?
(a) An electric light.
(b) A camera.
(c) A robot.
(d) A battery.

5. While Robert was in time-out isolation, and Mrs. Zajac accidentally left him with a penny, what did he do with it?
(a) Robert put the penny on Mrs. Zajac's desk
(b) Robert scratched the back of his hand open until it bled.
(c) Robert threw it across the room to Dick.
(d) Robert swallowed the penny and began to choke.

6. What did Felipe see out of the field trip bus window?
(a) Arby's.
(b) Wendy's.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Burger King.

7. Where did Mrs. Zajac meet her husband Billy?
(a) College.
(b) Waitressing.
(c) High school.
(d) Grammar school.

8. Who was the chief disciplinarian and organizer in Mrs. Zajac's family?
(a) Her nanny.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

9. When did the first five Puerto Rican families arrive in Holyoke?
(a) 1858.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1899.

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

11. Who was not able to join the class for Mrs. Zajac's class field trip?
(a) Robert.
(b) Claude.
(c) Felipe.
(d) Jennifer.

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

13. What was the one topic not permitted at the Kelly School Science Fair?
(a) Water power.
(b) Volcanoes.
(c) Dinosaurs.
(d) Earthquakes.

14. What response did one of Al's critics give after he made a suggestion to the teachers at a meeting?
(a) "The Lord blesses you, Al."
(b) "You can't make me quit, Al."
(c) "What makes you think I can do more than I am?"
(d) "Amen."

15. Which two girls in Mrs. Zajac's class stayed close together during the field trip?
(a) Jennifer and Judith.
(b) Ashley and Andrea.
(c) Judith and Arabella.
(d) Judith and Ashley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the topic for Claude's Science Fair project?

2. What was one thing Father Joyce noticed about the English speakers during mass?

3. Where was Felipe's clubhouse?

4. Which student held Mrs. Zajac's hand and stayed near her during the field trip?

5. What did the children in the classroom Mrs. Zajac visited ask her for?

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