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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Torey try to do once all of the children are gone?
(a) Figure out a plan for Sheila.
(b) Call the social worker.
(c) Talk to Sheila.
(d) Make lesson plans for the next day.

2. What is unique about Sheila's home situation in regards to water?
(a) She is unable to bathe.
(b) She has to wash in the same bucket she drinks from.
(c) She only has a pail of water for drinking in the house.
(d) She is not allowed to have any water.

3. How does Sheila initially react to the present that Torey gave her?
(a) She doesn't make eye contact or acknowledge it.
(b) It makes her very sad.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She gets angry and stops pauing attention to it.

4. What is Torey worrying about with only three weeks of school left?
(a) What she will do next year.
(b) How she will break the news to Chad that she is leaving.
(c) Things that should have been done.
(d) How to say goodbye to her students.

5. What does Torey notice about Sheila as she gives her a bath in the sink?
(a) She has many scars on her little body.
(b) She is undernourished and very skinny.
(c) She is afraid of taking a bath.
(d) She has signs of current abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Torey sure she wants to return to graduate school?

2. Why does Mr. Collins paddle Sheila?

3. What does Sheila tell Torey when she asks for an explanation about her behavior?

4. What does Sheila do after the other children have left until it is time for her to leave?

5. What does Torey agree to do when Sheila tells her that she cannot accept the gift?

(see the answer key)

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