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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one thing Father Joyce noticed about the Hispanic parishioners during the Spanish mass?
(a) They liked to interrupt mass with questions.
(b) They left their young children at home.
(c) They liked to sit together in the front pews.
(d) They gave generously to the church.

2. 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.

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

4. What did Mrs. Zajac think about the Science Fair while resting in the center of the gym?
(a) This was much too difficult for the children to understand.
(b) This was the best fair she could remember.
(c) The school needed a full time science teacher.
(d) This was the worst fair she could remember.

5. To what did Mrs. Zajac compare her Irish ancestors' immigration?
(a) To German immigration.
(b) To the gold rush in California.
(c) To the Jews entering Israel.
(d) To the Puerto Rican immigration.

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

7. When she returned from February vacation, what does Mrs. Zajac think about Clarence?
(a) "I am controlling him a lot and teaching him little."
(b) "I do not think I can pass him into sixth grade."
(c) "That child needs more attention."
(d) "There is no end to his arrogance."

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

9. What did Mrs. Zajac decide to work on with Claude for the rest of the year?
(a) His organizational skills.
(b) His need to run around the classroom screaming?
(c) His use of proper English.
(d) His attitude toward his classmates.

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

11. Why did Felipe's father choose to live in the Flats?
(a) Because he wanted to know what was going on with his people.
(b) Because he had nowhere else to go.
(c) Because he could send Felipe to Kelly School.
(d) Because real estate was cheap.

12. Who was Jim Padden?
(a) Mrs.Zajac's father.
(b) The sixth grade teacher.
(c) Mrs. Zajac's uncle.
(d) The Alpha teacher.

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

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

15. 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) Mrs. Zajac.
(d) Alphonse Laudato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Felipe live?

2. What does Robert say to Mrs. Zajac one day to show her he had not done his homework?

3. While Robert was in time-out isolation, and Mrs. Zajac accidentally left him with a penny, what did he do with it?

4. What did Mrs. Zajac often mutter to herself in her classroom?

5. What did Mrs. Zajac's class smell like in the spring?

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