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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 was Mrs. Zajac's maiden name?
(a) Christine Peddler.
(b) Christine Pemmer.
(c) Christine Pepper.
(d) Christine Padden.

2. What was Mrs. Zajac's husband's name?
(a) Bob.
(b) Tom.
(c) Bill.
(d) Will.

3. What did the principal of Kelly School identify as one of his better skills?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Organization.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Parent conferences.

4. What quality did Mrs. Zajac think Pam displayed that was most important for a new teacher?
(a) The emotion she brought to the job.
(b) Her determination to get through her assigned work.
(c) The sense of order she wanted to have.
(d) Her detachment from the children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Judith do when she had finished her classwork and had extra time?

2. What was the first social studies question Mrs. Zajac asked her class?

3. Where did Mrs. Zajac and her husband live when they were first married?

4. Counting all of her math and reading students, how many students did Mrs. Zajac teach every day?

5. What was Holyoke's primary industry at the turn of the century?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How did Clarence's behavior change in the first three days of school? What was Mrs. Zajac's reaction? What were Clarence's consequences for his behavior? What does Mrs. Zajac finally decide to do?

6. What was math class like for Mrs. Zajac? Why did they provide a particular challenge for her? How did she meet the challenge?

7. Where was Mrs. Zajac born, and where did she grow up? What did her father do for a living? What was a unique quality about the town in which she was born?

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

9. 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?

10. What are some of the frustrations teachers teaching today face?

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