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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Sheila when Chad presents her with the new dress?
(a) She tears it into shreads.
(b) She asks him to be her father.
(c) She breaks down and cries.
(d) She runs to put it on.

2. At what grade levels is Sheila working on academically?
(a) Second grade math and third grade reading.
(b) Third grade reading and fourth grade math.
(c) Second grade reading and math.
(d) Fourth grade reading and third grade math.

3. What news does Torey learn about her class?
(a) She learns that it will be disbanded at the end of the year.
(b) She learns that she will not be able to teach it any longer.
(c) She learns that it will be moved.
(d) She learns that she will have to keep it with no aides.

4. What is the writing in the epilogue an indicator of?
(a) That Sheila and Torey keep in touch.
(b) That Sheila and Torey remain friends.
(c) That Sheila will be okay.
(d) That Sheila is making good progress.

5. Why does Torey wish she had a teacher's desk in her room after talking to Ed?
(a) So she could lose herself in her work and forget her troubles.
(b) So the room would seem like other classrooms.
(c) So she could hide behind it.
(d) So that she could have a place to put her head down.

6. What does Sheila find in the trash and complete as a surprise for Torey?
(a) A fifth grade math test.
(b) A fifth grade reading assignment.
(c) A fourth grade math test.
(d) A fourth grade reading assignment.

7. What does Torey notice when Sheila's father arrives at the hospital?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) He no longer wants Sheila.
(c) He is not a legal guardian.
(d) He brings the uncle with him.

8. Why does Freddie's mother come to visit Torey?
(a) Because Sheila has been hurting Freddie.
(b) Because Freddie is afraid of Sheila.
(c) Because Freddie is not making appropriate progress.
(d) Because Freddie has been coming home vomiting.

9. What does Sheila keep near her at all times?
(a) Anton.
(b) Her special things.
(c) The Little Prince.
(d) Torey.

10. What does Sheila do when she is told that she will not be able to go on the field trip with the class that afternoon?
(a) She dumps Torey's desk and smashes items into the floor.
(b) She becomes enraged and bangs her head on the floor.
(c) She destroys all of the papers in the room.
(d) She goes after the other kids trying to hurt them.

11. What does the epilogue consist of?
(a) Journal.
(b) Story.
(c) Poem.
(d) Drawing.

12. What does Sheila want to discuss over and over?
(a) She wants to talk about how Torey visited her house.
(b) She wants to talk about why she couldn't go on the field trip.
(c) She wants to discuss Torey's absence over and over.
(d) She wants to talk about how her mother abandoned her.

13. Why does Torey put off telling Sheila what will happen next year?
(a) She doesn't want to say goodbye.
(b) She doesn't know how to tell her.
(c) She isn't allowed to tell Sheila.
(d) She is afraid of how Sheila will react.

14. What has Torey given up in regards to Sheila?
(a) Having her leave the class unsupervised.
(b) Understanding her life style.
(c) Getting her to do paperwork.
(d) Having her understand about moving to a new class.

15. How does Chad react to the news about Sheila's abuse?
(a) He wants to punch her father for allowing it to happen.
(b) He becomes enraged.
(c) He pulls strings to have her uncle arrested.
(d) He cries uncontrollably.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Torey decide to do for her final big project for the school year?

2. What does Sheila say to Torey that she wishes?

3. What surprises Torey about Sheila's hospital stay?

4. What subject does Torey put a particular emphasis on within her classroom that the other children seem to really enjoy?

5. What does Sheila's father acknowledge?

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