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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is described by the author as her motivation for writing this book?
(a) Love of teaching.
(b) Interest in sharing a story.
(c) Love for her students.
(d) Disability awareness.

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

3. What activity was the class doing when Sheila first participated with the other students?
(a) Cooking some food.
(b) Singing a song.
(c) Going to an assembly.
(d) Reading a story.

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

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

6. What topic isn't brought up by Sheila, Torey or any of the kids?
(a) The burning incident.
(b) The hygiene issue.
(c) Sheila's missing mother.
(d) The goldfish incident.

7. What specific thing about Shelia bothers Torey and causes her to try and figure out where it comes from?
(a) Ability to read anything.
(b) Refusal to talk to the other students.
(c) High intellect.
(d) Speech pattern.

8. Who brings Shelia to Torey's class the next day?
(a) Anton.
(b) Social worker.
(c) Her father.
(d) Ed.

9. What does Sheila's father tell Torey about Sheila?
(a) That she is bad news.
(b) That she drinks with him.
(c) That she is not his child.
(d) That she is evil.

10. What question does Sheila ask Torey about the paperwork?
(a) She wants to know why the other students do not have to do it.
(b) She wants to know why Torey doesn't do paperwork.
(c) She wants to know how to do paperwork.
(d) She wants to know why it is important.

11. What does Shelia do while she is in the quiet chair?
(a) Stomps her feet.
(b) Stands up.
(c) Nothing at all.
(d) Screams.

12. What does Torey indicate Sheila is very good at doing?
(a) Exacting revenge.
(b) Hiding from Torey and Anton.
(c) Blaming other people for her acts.
(d) Getting out of having to do her work.

13. How old was the little girl who burned the three-year old boy after tying him to a tree?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 13.

14. What does Torey agree to do when Sheila tells her that she cannot accept the gift?
(a) She agrees to take them back.
(b) She agrees to find a different present.
(c) She agrees to talk to her father for her.
(d) She agrees to keep them at school.

15. How does Torey indicate that most people view her work?
(a) Awe inspiring.
(b) Pitiful.
(c) Frustrating and sad.
(d) Worthless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes how Torey genuinely feels about her students?

2. Who does Chad suggest Torey contact?

3. Which of the following terms might be used to best describe Whitney?

4. Where is Shelia expected to go from Torey's class?

5. What position did Torey have the previous year before Ed Somers contacted her about having a classroom of her own?

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