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

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

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

4. How did Felipe's father learn English when he arrived in America?
(a) Public school.
(b) Immersion.
(c) English classes.
(d) Reading books.

5. What two things happened in Kelly School during the early winter that affected Mrs. Zajac deeply?
(a) Al's retirement and her husband's transfer.
(b) Mary Ann's retirement and the fire at Kelly School.
(c) Mr. Laudato's leaving and Mary Ann's retirement.
(d) Blanca's sudden departure and Lil's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Felipe see out of the field trip bus window?

2. To what did Mrs. Zajac compare her Irish ancestors' immigration?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What kinds of behavior did Robert exhibit that concerned Mrs. Zajac? What did she want Robert's mother to do? Did Robert's mother follow through with this suggestion?

3. 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?

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

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

6. What student left Mrs. Zajac's class? Why did the student leave?

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

9. 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?

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

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