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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) 25%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 40%.

2. Who came to the school to help the teachers learn how to teach the new math?
(a) College teachers from the local community college.
(b) The principal and a math teacher who had been to a conference.
(c) No one.
(d) Representatives from the textbook publishers.

3. What happened if a student did not hand in their best work?
(a) Mrs. Zajac would keep you after school.
(b) Mrs. Zajac would give you an automatic F.
(c) Mrs. Zajac would make you do it over.
(d) Mrs. Zajac would make you clean the classroom.

4. What did Judith do when she had finished her classwork and had extra time?
(a) Draw or read.
(b) Whisper to the other girls.
(c) Work on math problems or read.
(d) Work on her novel or read.

5. Where had Mrs. Zajac done her student teaching?
(a) The West Street School.
(b) Burroughs School.
(c) Newman School.
(d) Kelly School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Zajac eat lunch every day and with whom?

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

3. Who were the two children in her class Mrs. Zajac imagined bringing home to live with her?

4. How many children in Mrs. Zajac's class ate free lunches?

5. What was the name of the bilingual teacher next door to Mrs. Zajac's classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What were the specific goals Mrs. Zajac had for all of her students in the fifth grade? Why did she consider these goals important?

3. Why were Fridays good days in Mrs. Zajac's fifth grade class? How did they compare to Mondays?

4. Who was Alphonse Laudato? What kind of job did he have at Kelly School? Did Mrs. Zajac like him? Why or why not?

5. How did Mrs. Zajac begin her school day? What did she teach in the mornings? Why was this a challenge?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. Why did Mrs. Zajac allow her students to choose their own desks on the first day of school? What message did she want to send to her students? What did she learn about the children by allowing them their choice of seats?

9. What kind of parent participation did Mrs. Zajac receive from her students' families? How did she respond to this situation?

10. Clarence continued to be a concern in Mrs. Zajac's class. What kinds of things did Clarence do that were of concern to Mrs. Zajac? How did these behaviors contrast with others in the classroom?

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