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

2. 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) "That child needs more attention."
(c) "There is no end to his arrogance."
(d) "I do not think I can pass him into sixth grade."

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

4. 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 all try here. I know that."
(c) "We do the best we can do, and that's that."
(d) "We do the best with what we have, but we can do much better."

5. What did the children in the classroom Mrs. Zajac visited ask her for?
(a) Her photograph.
(b) Spare change.
(c) Her autograph.
(d) A book.

6. What two things happened in Kelly School during the early winter that affected Mrs. Zajac deeply?
(a) Al's retirement and her husband's transfer.
(b) Blanca's sudden departure and Lil's death.
(c) Mr. Laudato's leaving and Mary Ann's retirement.
(d) Mary Ann's retirement and the fire at Kelly School.

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

8. Who left Mrs. Zajac's class in April of the school year?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Alejandro.
(c) Claude.
(d) Clarence.

9. What are the two adjectives Mrs. Zajac used to describe her childhood?
(a) Very happy but constrained.
(b) Confused and anxious.
(c) Happy but very lonely.
(d) Lonely and anxious.

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

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

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

13. How did Felipe's father learn English when he arrived in America?
(a) Immersion.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Public school.
(d) English classes.

14. What did Felipe say when the class returned to school from their field trip?
(a) "I wanted to eat at McDonald's."
(b) "That was the best trip I ever had!"
(c) "Can we go again tomorrow?"
(d) "Why did we take that trip?"

15. What did Mrs. Zajac dream about the weekend after Clarence left her class?
(a) Clarence died.
(b) Clarence was in her class again.
(c) Clarence was her boss.
(d) Clarence tried to teach the class.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Zajac think about the Science Fair while resting in the center of the gym?

3. What response did one of Al's critics give after he made a suggestion to the teachers at a meeting?

4. What was the name of the standardized tests given to sixth graders at Kelly School?

5. Where did Felipe live?

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