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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. Which two girls in Mrs. Zajac's class stayed close together during the field trip?
(a) Jennifer and Judith.
(b) Ashley and Andrea.
(c) Judith and Arabella.
(d) Judith and Ashley.

2. What did Clarence ask Mrs. Zajac if he could do after they laughed together over the "Nobody" joke?
(a) Stay at her house for dinner.
(b) Wash the blackboards.
(c) Clean her desk.
(d) Sit next to Jennifer.

3. What was the name of Mrs. Zajac's church?
(a) Sacred Heart.
(b) The Blessed Heart.
(c) The Holy Name.
(d) Loyola.

4. What did Mrs. Zajac think about the Science Fair while resting in the center of the gym?
(a) The school needed a full time science teacher.
(b) This was the best fair she could remember.
(c) This was much too difficult for the children to understand.
(d) This was the worst fair she could remember.

5. What did Arnie say to Mrs. Zajac when she had returned form Puerto Rico?
(a) "You look about twenty."
(b) "Do we have to work?"
(c) "How was your vacation?"
(d) "You look like an old lady."

Short Answer Questions

1. On what did Claude build his model river?

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

3. While Robert was in time-out isolation, and Mrs. Zajac accidentally left him with a penny, what did he do with it?

4. What did Mrs. Zajac realize was the reason she was unable to sleep?

5. What did Mrs. Zajac decide to work on with Claude for the rest of the year?

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. How did Mrs. Zajac think the students in her class would react to Clarence's departure from their class? How did they actually respond to Clarence not being in the classroom?

3. When was the science fair at Kelly School? Why was this event important to the students and their families?

4. 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?

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. What did Mrs. Zajac and her family do over spring break? Who organized the experience? Why did Mrs. Zajac decide to spend her spring break this way?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. Where was Robert during the Science Fair? What did Mrs. Zajac learn about Robert and his efforts to participate in the Science Fair?

10. How did Kelly Schools fare on the standardized tees the sixth grade took? How did Principal Laudato respond to this news? How did Mrs. Zajac respond?

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