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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sheila associate going to another class with in her own life?
(a) Her mother's abandonment.
(b) Having no friends.
(c) Punishment for being bad.
(d) Her father's drinking.

2. How does Sheila say she received the scar on her leg?
(a) She was pushed out of the car by her mother.
(b) She broke her leg playing.
(c) Her father cut her leg to punish her.
(d) She was hit by a car.

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

4. When does Torey find out that she will have an addition to her classroom?
(a) Just after the year begins.
(b) Just after Christmas vacation.
(c) Just after Thanksgiving break.
(d) Just before summer break.

5. Which of the following is the name of one student to whom Torey refers in the introduction as having touched her life?
(a) Dannielle.
(b) Shelia.
(c) Mike.
(d) Amber.

6. Which student does Sheila hurt at the beginning of chapter five?
(a) Tyler.
(b) Anton.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Savannah Joy.

7. Which of the following is an accurate description of Anton's children?
(a) Verbal but not well behaved.
(b) Quiet and sullen.
(c) Verbal and engaging.
(d) Bright and thriving.

8. How long does Torey tell Shelia she must stay in the quiet chair?
(a) Until the end of the day.
(b) Until she is ready to apologize to the student she hurt.
(c) Until Torey is finished with all of the other students.
(d) Until she is ready to work.

9. Which of the following characters does Shelia stab with a pencil?
(a) Anton.
(b) Mr. Collins.
(c) Whitney.
(d) Torey.

10. What does Sheila do when Torey finishes the math work with her and tells her to put the blocks away?
(a) She works with the blocks on her own.
(b) She goes to the corner and watches all of the other students.
(c) She walks back to the quiet chair and sits.
(d) She puts the blocks away and reads with the other kids.

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

12. Which of the following is true about the trip to lunch on that first day with Shelia?
(a) The class eats within their own classroom.
(b) She follows Torey out of the room, but will not touch her.
(c) Anton goes and brings Shelia back her own lunch.
(d) Shelia refuses to leave the chair or talk to Torey.

13. 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 is only there temporarily.
(d) That Sheila has significant problems.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sheila indicate to Torey that she is ready to complete the math activities?

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

3. Which of the following is Torey's chosen profession?

4. What present does Torey give to Sheila?

5. What does Torey do with Sheila after school?

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