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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Zajac realize was the reason she was unable to sleep?
(a) She was burned out and did not want to go back to school.
(b) She was asked to be the new principal of Kelly School.
(c) She wanted a divorce from her husband.
(d) She did nothing to prevent Clarence moving out of her classroom.

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

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

4. When did Mrs. Zajac take the same field trip her students were taking with her now?
(a) When she was in high school.
(b) When she was in fifth grade.
(c) When she was in summer camp.
(d) When she was on vacation with her family.

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

6. Where did Mrs. Zajac take her class on a field trip?
(a) Mt. Holyoke College.
(b) The mall.
(c) Old Sturbridge Village.
(d) The city zoo.

7. What suggestion did Al give the teachers at Kelly School during their staff meeting in March?
(a) "If you want better students, be better disciplinarians."
(b) "If you are not happy, think about leaving."
(c) "If you do not want to be a teacher, find something else to do."
(d) "If you are not teaching, get with it."

8. What did Mrs. Zajac dread telling Clarence before spring break?
(a) That he was being moved to a special class.
(b) That he was being expelled from school.
(c) That she was moving to the sixth grade.
(d) That she was placing his desk in the hall for the rest of the year.

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

10. What was one thing Father Joyce noticed about the English speakers during mass?
(a) People gave generously of their money.
(b) People stopped talking when they entered the church.
(c) People often slept through mass.
(d) People talked throughout the mass.

11. What word did the author use to describe Mrs. Zajac's style in the classroom?
(a) Obstinate.
(b) Physicality.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Insecurity.

12. Which students worked with Claude on a Science Fair project?
(a) Pedro and Jimmy.
(b) Judith and Robert.
(c) Ashley and Jennifer.
(d) Dick and Felipe.

13. 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.

14. Where did Felipe live?
(a) In the factory area behind the Flats.
(b) In the neighborhood behind the interstate.
(c) In the renovated northern section of the Flats.
(d) In the apartment building across from the school.

15. Where had Alice's father taken Alice, Judith, and Margaret to help then with their Science Fair project?
(a) The Holyoke library.
(b) The Holyoke city hall.
(c) The Holyoke electric power plant.
(d) The Holyoke water power plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who left Mrs. Zajac's class in April of the school year?

2. Who was Jim Padden?

3. What did Mrs. Zajac dream about the weekend after Clarence left her class?

4. What change did Mrs. Zajac see in Clarence after she initiated the core evaluation for him?

5. What did Irish immigrants bring to America with them as keepsakes of their home?

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