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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of Kelly School children came from homes receiving some form of public assistance?
(a) 40%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 25%.

2. What was unusual about Pedro's uncle who lived with him?
(a) He was a transvestite.
(b) He was paralyzed from the neck down.
(c) He was a television announcer.
(d) He was a circus performer.

3. What did Pedro's mother write on the bottom of his permission slip for the core evaluation?
(a) "I think it is kind of you to do this for my son."
(b) "I am afraid Pedro will not sit still for all of the tests."
(c) "I am sick with high blood pressure. I want to die."
(d) "Do not bother my son Pedro, everything is fine."

4. When was Kelly School built?
(a) In the 1920's
(b) In the 1970's.
(c) In the 1940's.
(d) In the 1960's.

5. What different kinds of reports did Mrs Zajac assign to her students monthly?
(a) Book, current events and general science reports.
(b) Book, ancient history, and biology reports.
(c) Book, science, social studies reports, and several stories.
(d) Book and history reports and creative writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the student teacher in Mrs. Zajac's class?

2. What were the two smells in Mrs. Zajac's class at the beginning of the school year?

3. What grade was Mrs. Zajac's son in?

4. What are "cumes"?

5. How many reading groups did Mrs. Zajac have in her classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Clarence immediately catch Mrs. Zajac's eye? What were some of his behaviors in the classroom? What did she and her student teacher Miss Hunt notice about Clarence?

2. How did the fifth grade class celebrate the Christmas break? What did Mrs. Zajac give each child as a Christmas gift?

3. What subject did Mrs. Zajac's students have on Wednesday afternoons? How was the behavior in the classroom different from other times as the students prepared their Halloween project?

4. How was Robert's behavior in class? What were Mrs. Zajac's concerns about both his work and his behavior? What new behaviors had Mrs. Zajac noticed?

5. How did the students respond to Miss Hunt's leaving the class once her student teaching time was over? How did Mrs. Zajac respond? Which students surprised Mrs. Zajac when they were sad to see Miss Hunt go?

6. What was the name of Mrs. Zajac's school and where was it located? What did we know about the school? What was the make-up of the student body in her classroom?

7. When and where did Mrs. Zajac have time to grade her social studies papers? What trend did Mrs. Zajac see in her students' performance? Who in particular had made real strides in class and homework? Who had not done so well?

8. What were the demographics of Kelly School? Were they in line with the demographics of the community? What else do we know about the families attending Kelly School?

9. What were Mrs. Zajac's concerns about Pedro? What was his behavior like in class? What plan did she come up with learn more about Pedro?

10. What did Mrs. Zajac realize were the similarities and difference between Alice and Judith?

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