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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 the children in the classroom Mrs. Zajac visited ask her for?
(a) Her autograph.
(b) A book.
(c) Spare change.
(d) Her photograph.

2. What important thing happened to Judith in January?
(a) She got a new puppy.
(b) She got glasses.
(c) She got braces.
(d) She was promoted to sixth grade.

3. What are the two adjectives Mrs. Zajac used to describe her childhood?
(a) Very happy but constrained.
(b) Lonely and anxious.
(c) Confused and anxious.
(d) Happy but very lonely.

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

5. What suggestion did Al give the teachers at Kelly School during their staff meeting in March?
(a) "If you are not teaching, get with it."
(b) "If you want better students, be better disciplinarians."
(c) "If you do not want to be a teacher, find something else to do."
(d) "If you are not happy, think about leaving."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was printed on the tee shirts Holyoke's assistant superintendent brought as gifts for their Puerto Rican hosts?

2. Who was the chief disciplinarian and organizer in Mrs. Zajac's family?

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

4. What did Arnie say to Mrs. Zajac when she had returned form Puerto Rico?

5. What response did one of Al's critics give after he made a suggestion to the teachers at a meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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