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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what did Claude build his model river?
(a) A piece or cardboard covered in foil.
(b) A piece of plywood.
(c) A metal serving tray.
(d) A wooden crate.

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

5. What did Mrs. Zajac often mutter to herself in her classroom?
(a) "When is this year going to end?"
(b) "Patience, Mrs. Zajac. Patience."
(c) "Patience and understanding make things go smoother."
(d) "I am a very good teacher."

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

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

8. What does Robert say to Mrs. Zajac one day to show her he had not done his homework?
(a) "Do you want me to sit next to Jennifer while you go over the homework?"
(b) "Do you want me to go to the principal's office now?"
(c) "Do you want me to sit quietly at my desk and read?"
(d) "Do you want me to go out into the hall while you read the answers?"

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

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

11. What did Mrs. Zajac's class smell like in the spring?
(a) Cedar wood chips.
(b) Construction paper.
(c) The sour smell of sneakers.
(d) Flowers from the class garden.

12. What did Arnie say to Mrs. Zajac when she had returned form Puerto Rico?
(a) "How was your vacation?"
(b) "Do we have to work?"
(c) "You look like an old lady."
(d) "You look about twenty."

13. Where did Mrs. Zajac go on St Patrick's Day?
(a) She stayed home with her children and husband.
(b) To Providence for the weekend.
(c) To New York City for the parade.
(d) To the St. Patrick's Day parade.

14. What did Al say at the end of his talk to his teachers about the standardized tests results?
(a) "We're doing a good job. We really are."
(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 do the best we can do, and that's that."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the person who arranged the trip to Puerto Rico over spring break?

2. With whom did the new student Juanita live?

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

4. With what fictional character did Mrs. Zajac compare herself to as she led her students in the halls?

5. How did Father Joyce define a "cultural Catholic?"

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