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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Father Joyce define a "cultural Catholic?"
(a) Someone who did not attend mass but still called himself a Catholic.
(b) A Catholic who lived and breathed the religion.
(c) Someone who was not Catholic but raised children as Catholics.
(d) A second generation Puerto Rican.

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

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

8. What did Judith say to Mrs. Zajac as the class looked out on the open field and pastureland?
(a) "My father would love this."
(b) "I am ready to go home now."
(c) "I want to live here."
(d) "Is it quiet like this in Puerto Rico?"

9. Who were the "three Claudes" Mrs. Zajac identified as being part of Claude's personality?
(a) The absent-minded, the sad and lonely, and the maddening Claudes.
(b) The foolish, the ignorant, and the meddling Claudes.
(c) The overweight, the problematic, and the ignorant Claudes.
(d) The absent-minded, the arrogant, and the sassy Claudes.

10. What important thing happened to Judith in January?
(a) She got braces.
(b) She got glasses.
(c) She got a new puppy.
(d) She was promoted to sixth grade.

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

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

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

14. What did Mrs. Zajac hope to convince Robert's mother to do for him?
(a) Bring him to a tutor for his math and science work.
(b) Bring him to a physician and get his tetanus shots.
(c) Bring him to a psychiatrist for an evaluation.
(d) Bring him to the barber and get his hair cut.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was one thing Father Joyce noticed about the Hispanic parishioners during the Spanish mass?

3. To what did Mrs. Zajac compare her Irish ancestors' immigration?

4. What did Mrs. Zajac admit she saw more clearly now that Clarence was gone?

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

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