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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Judith tell Mrs. Zajac she wanted to do when she got older?
2. What are "cumes"?
3. When was the one time Mrs. Zajac cried in class?
4. What was the name of the neighborhood in which Kelly School was located?
5. Which student did Mrs. Zajac acknowledge brought out the worst in her?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Mrs. Zajac begin her school day? What did she teach in the mornings? Why was this a challenge?
2. What was Mrs. Zajac's favorite saying, or mantra, to her students? What does she want her students to understand about learning?
3. Who was Alphonse Laudato? What kind of job did he have at Kelly School? Did Mrs. Zajac like him? Why or why not?
4. What were the demographics of Kelly School? Were they in line with the demographics of the community? What else do we know about the families attending Kelly School?
5. What are some of the frustrations teachers teaching today face?
6. What kind of parent participation did Mrs. Zajac receive from her students' families? How did she respond to this situation?
7. What happened in the 1970's to the town of Holyoke? How did this affect the town and its economy? What plans did the state and local governments come up with to renew Holyoke?
8. Where was Mrs. Zajac born, and where did she grow up? What did her father do for a living? What was a unique quality about the town in which she was born?
9. What are "cume" folders? Why do teachers have them? What goes into them? How does Mrs. Zajac use the cumes and why?
10. What were the afternoons like for Mrs. Zajac? Why were they easier for her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose three of the children in Mrs. Zajac's fifth grade. How are the children similar? How are they different? Include social skills, cultural differences, levels of intelligence, family backgrounds.
Essay Topic 2
Mrs. Zajac took her fifth grade class on a field trip to Old Sturbridge Village and had two different agendas for the field trip. What were those two agendas, and how did she work to accomplish both? Why was this trip important to Mrs. Zajac?
Essay Topic 3
What does the term "dual captivity" mean? How does it apply to public education?
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