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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. While Robert was in time-out isolation, and Mrs. Zajac accidentally left him with a penny, what did he do with it?

2. What response did one of Al's critics give after he made a suggestion to the teachers at a meeting?

3. Where had Alice's father taken Alice, Judith, and Margaret to help then with their Science Fair project?

4. Whom did Mrs. Zajac ask to clean out Clarence's desk?

5. What did Mrs. Zajac hope to convince Robert's mother to do for him?

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. Who among Mrs. Zajac's students was particularly excited about entering the science fair? What was the project? How did Mrs. Zajac feel about this student's participation in the science fair?

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

4. As the class approached spring break, how did Mrs. Zajac feel about her class? About herself? What were her parting words to Jimmy as the children leave for a week's break?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many differences in teaching in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and teaching today. There are also many things in teaching that have remained relatively the same for over a hundred years. Discuss the changes and the constants between teaching in the past and teaching today.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Puerto Rican and white cultures as evidenced in church, in school, and in the city of Holyoke.

Essay Topic 3

Who were some of the leading people in the history of the philosophy of education? What did each of them believe public education should be in America? Have any of their visions come true? Discuss.

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