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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the name of the newspaper Felipe bought and brought home to his father and a resident of his building?
(a) Times-Picayune.
(b) Transcript-Telegram.
(c) Puerto Rican-Telegram.
(d) Post-Dispatch.

5. What kinds of things appeared around Robert's desk during the school week?
(a) Staples, bits of paper, spiral wires from notebooks, candy wrappers.
(b) Books, magazines, comic books, newspapers.
(c) Old candy wrappers, apple cores, pencils, undone homework sheets.
(d) Pencils, erasers, staples, newspapers, comic books.

6. Where was Felipe's clubhouse?
(a) Behind the karate parlor alongside a canal.
(b) Behind the church along the river.
(c) Behind the school in an alleyway.
(d) Behind his house in the back yard.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. What did Felipe see out of the field trip bus window?
(a) Wendy's.
(b) Burger King.
(c) Arby's.
(d) McDonald's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student held Mrs. Zajac's hand and stayed near her during the field trip?

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

3. When did the first five Puerto Rican families arrive in Holyoke?

4. Where did Mrs. Zajac meet her husband Billy?

5. What question did Mrs. Zajac begin asking herself in March?

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