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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 grade was Mrs. Zajac's son in?
2. What was the Highland Dingle?
3. Where had Mrs. Zajac done her student teaching?
4. What did Pedro's mother write on the bottom of his permission slip for the core evaluation?
5. What did Mrs. Zajac learn about Clarence during the Pledge to Allegiance?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the students respond to Miss Hunt's leaving the class once her student teaching time was over? How did Mrs. Zajac respond? Which students surprised Mrs. Zajac when they were sad to see Miss Hunt go?
2. Who was Alphonse Laudato? What kind of job did he have at Kelly School? Did Mrs. Zajac like him? Why or why not?
3. Clarence continued to be a concern in Mrs. Zajac's class. What kinds of things did Clarence do that were of concern to Mrs. Zajac? How did these behaviors contrast with others in the classroom?
4. What kind of parent participation did Mrs. Zajac receive from her students' families? How did she respond to this situation?
5. 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?
6. What was math class like for Mrs. Zajac? Why did they provide a particular challenge for her? How did she meet the challenge?
7. What were the work conditions for female teachers of the late 19th and 20th centuries?
8. In the first chapter, what does the reader learn about Mrs. Zajac? How old is she? How long has she been a teacher? Does she have a family?
9. What were the afternoons like for Mrs. Zajac? Why were they easier for her?
10. What was Mrs. Zajac's favorite saying, or mantra, to her students? What does she want her students to understand about learning?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the qualities of a good teacher that Kidder presents through the teacher Mrs. Zajac? Are there any overarching qualities necessary to be a good teacher in Kidder's opinion? What are they and why does he believe those qualities to be important?
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the book when school is over, Mrs. Zajac described Clarence and Robert as "my failures." Do you agree that Mrs. Zajac had failed these two students? Defend your position.
Essay Topic 3
What role does Al Laudato play in Kidder's book? Is he an important part of Mrs. Zajac's success as a teacher? Why?
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