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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) Wool from sheep.
(b) Pieces of tatted lace.
(c) Quilts from friends.
(d) Pieces of Irish sod.

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

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

4. What was one thing Father Joyce noticed about the English speakers during mass?
(a) People gave generously of their money.
(b) People stopped talking when they entered the church.
(c) People often slept through mass.
(d) People talked throughout the mass.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Mrs. Zajac go on St Patrick's Day?

3. Where did Mrs. Zajac meet her husband Billy?

4. How did Father Joyce define a "cultural Catholic?"

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

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. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

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