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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sheila come to realize about the relationship between Sheila and her father?
(a) That they depend on each other for survival.
(b) That she provides him with an income.
(c) That underneath it all he does love her.
(d) They will never be able to remove Sheila from his care.

2. What does Shelia do with the items Torey attempts to use during her math time?
(a) She hides them under her chair and desk.
(b) She shoves them into Torey's face.
(c) She refuses to do anything with them at all.
(d) She throws them across the room at another student.

3. What does Ed remind Torey when he is called in after the incident when Sheila destroys the other teacher's classroom?
(a) That Sheila cannot leave Torey's classroom.
(b) That Sheila burned a young boy.
(c) That Sheila has significant problems.
(d) That Sheila is only there temporarily.

4. What happens when Anton and Torey arrive at Sheila's shack?
(a) No one is home.
(b) Sheila is home alone.
(c) Sheila's father is drunk.
(d) The shack is destroyed.

5. With which of the following statements would Torey disagree?
(a) Students should not be shoved through the system.
(b) Her students are hopeless cases.
(c) The rewards she experiences are very small.
(d) Children touch her life.

6. Who does Chad suggest Torey contact?
(a) Shelia's social worker.
(b) Shelia's father.
(c) Shelia's previous teacher.
(d) Her supervisor.

7. How does Torey describe Anton?
(a) Understanding and kind.
(b) Good with the kids, but unable to help with academics.
(c) Surprisingly well educated.
(d) Patient and good with the kids.

8. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term bond as it is used to describe the relationship between Torey and her students?
(a) Bind.
(b) Join.
(c) Adhere.
(d) Connect.

9. What happens when Torey tries to get Shelia to do the math papers?
(a) She wads up the paper and throws it.
(b) She does nothing.
(c) She cries.
(d) She tears up the paper.

10. What is Torey's favorite television show?
(a) Brady Bunch.
(b) Little House on the Praire.
(c) Star Trek.
(d) Welcome Back Kotter.

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

12. With which of the following statements would Torey agree?
(a) Time put in equals rewards.
(b) Her students should not be in a public school setting.
(c) Her work is exhausting.
(d) Her work has many rewards.

13. What does Shelia do that upsets her and makes her worried that Torey will whip her?
(a) Draws on the gym floor.
(b) Deflates some of the gym balls.
(c) Wets her pants.
(d) Kicks Anton in the shin.

14. What does Sheila do after the other children have left until it is time for her to leave?
(a) She wanders around the room and touches things.
(b) She roots through all of the other students desks.
(c) She sits in her chair and watches Torey work.
(d) She turns her back to Torey.

15. Which of the following items isn't something that Torey brings to school with her the next day?
(a) Water bottles
(b) Baby lotion.
(c) Towels
(d) Soap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sheila associate going to another class with in her own life?

2. Which of the following is true about the trip to lunch on that first day with Shelia?

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

4. When is the only time that Shelia moves out of her chair within the classroom?

5. What does Torey try to use with Shelia during her math time?

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