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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What present does Torey give to Sheila?
(a) Pencils.
(b) A magazine.
(c) Wash cloth and towels.
(d) Hair clips.

2. What change to Torey's daily routine does she make as a result of the goldfish incident?
(a) She sends Sheila to the office to eat her lunch.
(b) She eats lunch with the kids.
(c) She refuses to have more class pets.
(d) She takes the pencils away when she leaves the class.

3. What surprises Torey about Shelia's file?
(a) It describes a different child from the one Torey has seen.
(b) It is very censored.
(c) It is very thin.
(d) It contains too much information for such a young child.

4. How does Sheila say that she learned such big words for a six year old?
(a) She says that her father taught her.
(b) She says she always knew those words.
(c) She says she doesn't know how she learned them.
(d) She says that her other teacher let her read magazines.

5. What position did Torey have the previous year before Ed Somers contacted her about having a classroom of her own?
(a) Specialist.
(b) Inclusion teacher.
(c) Speech teacher.
(d) Resource teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Torey given up in regards to Sheila?

2. How does Torey make attempts to contact Sheila's father before she and Anton go to visit the migrant camp?

3. Why can the reader infer that many people view Torey's work as frustrating and sad?

4. What does Ed remind Torey when he is called in after the incident when Sheila destroys the other teacher's classroom?

5. What does Sheila find in the trash and complete as a surprise for Torey?

(see the answer key)

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