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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 change did Mrs. Zajac see in Clarence after she initiated the core evaluation for him?
(a) He became more docile in class.
(b) He ran in and out of the class constantly.
(c) He began cursing in class.
(d) He became meaner to the other children.

2. While on their field trip, what detour did Mrs. Zajac take as a treat?
(a) To the candy factory for rock candy.
(b) To the bakery for hot rolls.
(c) To the bakehouse for cookies.
(d) To the candy store for chocolate coins.

3. What did Mrs. Zajac dread telling Clarence before spring break?
(a) That she was moving to the sixth grade.
(b) That she was placing his desk in the hall for the rest of the year.
(c) That he was being expelled from school.
(d) That he was being moved to a special class.

4. What statistic applied to Holyoke School about their standardized test scores?
(a) Almost all students who failed were sixth graders.
(b) Almost all students who failed were Mexican American.
(c) Almost all students who failed were African American.
(d) Almost all students who failed came from impoverished families.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Zajac often mutter to herself in her classroom?

2. What suggestion did Al give the teachers at Kelly School during their staff meeting in March?

3. What question did Mrs. Zajac begin asking herself in March?

4. Where did Felipe live?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. To what church did Mrs. Zajac belong for all of her life? Why was this? What did Mrs. Zajac enjoy about her church?

10. 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?

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