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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 Irish immigrants bring to America with them as keepsakes of their home?
(a) Quilts from friends.
(b) Pieces of tatted lace.
(c) Wool from sheep.
(d) Pieces of Irish sod.

2. What word did the author use to describe Mrs. Zajac's style in the classroom?
(a) Obstinate.
(b) Insecurity.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Physicality.

3. What did Mrs. Zajac realize was the reason she was unable to sleep?
(a) She did nothing to prevent Clarence moving out of her classroom.
(b) She wanted a divorce from her husband.
(c) She was asked to be the new principal of Kelly School.
(d) She was burned out and did not want to go back to school.

4. To what did Mrs. Zajac compare her Irish ancestors' immigration?
(a) To the Puerto Rican immigration.
(b) To the Jews entering Israel.
(c) To German immigration.
(d) To the gold rush in California.

5. Which students worked with Claude on a Science Fair project?
(a) Ashley and Jennifer.
(b) Judith and Robert.
(c) Pedro and Jimmy.
(d) Dick and Felipe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Clarence ask Mrs. Zajac if he could do after they laughed together over the "Nobody" joke?

3. What was the name of the newspaper Felipe bought and brought home to his father and a resident of his building?

4. Why did Felipe's father choose to live in the Flats?

5. What was a Puerto Rican name for a hypocrite?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. As the class approached spring break, how did Mrs. Zajac feel about her class? About herself? What were her parting words to Jimmy as the children leave for a week's break?

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

4. What did Mrs. Zajac experience during her trip to Puerto Rico that surprised and delighted her? Why was this an important experience on the trip?

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. 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?

7. What were some of the other students' projects entered in the science fair? How did Mrs. Zajac feel about the parents who did not help their children with their Science Fair projects?

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

9. What were some of the changes January brought to Mrs. Zajac's class and her students?

10. How did some of the teachers at Kelly School speak about the Puerto Rican students at Kelly School? Why did they respond this way to them?

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