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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. Where did Mrs. Zajac meet her husband Billy?
(a) College.
(b) High school.
(c) Grammar school.
(d) Waitressing.

2. 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 was asked to be the new principal of Kelly School.
(c) She wanted a divorce from her husband.
(d) She was burned out and did not want to go back to school.

3. Whom did Mrs. Zajac ask to clean out Clarence's desk?
(a) Claude.
(b) Arabella.
(c) Robert.
(d) Mariposa.

4. Who was not able to join the class for Mrs. Zajac's class field trip?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Claude.
(c) Felipe.
(d) Robert.

5. What did Mrs. Zajac dream about the weekend after Clarence left her class?
(a) Clarence was her boss.
(b) Clarence tried to teach the class.
(c) Clarence was in her class again.
(d) Clarence died.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first five Puerto Rican families arrive in Holyoke?

2. What question did Clarence ask Mrs. Zajac while he was filling out an application for the Boy Scouts?

3. What was the name of the standardized tests given to sixth graders at Kelly School?

4. What was one thing Father Joyce noticed about the English speakers during mass?

5. When did Mrs. Zajac take the same field trip her students were taking with her now?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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 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?

5. 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?

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 changes January brought to Mrs. Zajac's class and her students?

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

9. Who in Mrs. Zajac's class won a ribbon for their Science Fair project? How did the ribbon recipients respond to being awarded for their efforts? How did the other children respond to the award?

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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