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

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

3. What was the one topic not permitted at the Kelly School Science Fair?
(a) Water power.
(b) Volcanoes.
(c) Dinosaurs.
(d) Earthquakes.

4. With whom did the new student Juanita live?
(a) With her father and stepmother.
(b) With Mrs. Zajac and her family.
(c) With her aunt and cousins.
(d) With her mother and two siblings.

5. What is the name of the alternative junior high school in Holyoke?
(a) Lincoln Square.
(b) Church Square.
(c) Crossroads.
(d) Logos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mrs. Zajac's church?

2. Which students worked with Claude on a Science Fair project?

3. Who were the "three Claudes" Mrs. Zajac identified as being part of Claude's personality?

4. What does Robert say to Mrs. Zajac one day to show her he had not done his homework?

5. What was the best part of the trip to Puerto Rico for Mrs. Zajac?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mrs. Zajac dream about the night before her first day in class without Clarence? How does she feel as the week begins and Clarence is not there?

2. Who among Mrs. Zajac's students was particularly excited about entering the science fair? What was the project? How did Mrs. Zajac feel about this student's participation in the science fair?

3. Who was the new child sent to Mrs. Zajac's class when school resumed after winter break? How did she get to Holyoke and Mrs. Zajac's class?

4. What was the Alpha class? Who decided whether a child was appropriate for the Alpha class?

5. What is the history of Puerto Ricans in the town of Holyoke? How were they treated in the second half of the twentieth century?

6. How did Mrs. Zajac differ outside of her class from inside her classroom?

7. What did Mrs. Zajac begin to realize about continuing to keep Clarence in her class? What were her options?

8. What were some of the differences Mrs. Zajac noticed between the English Mass and the Spanish mass? What did she learn about the Puerto Rican culture by attending the bilingual mass Father Joyce offered?

9. Who were the four students Mrs. Zajac thought would probably fail the sixth grade standardized tests the following year and why? How did she think her other students would perform on the test?

10. Where did Mrs. Zajac take her class on a field trip? Why did she choose this place for the children to see? Why was this trip especially important to Judith and Arabella?

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