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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Torey tell the children they can do if they can behave?
(a) Help pick up the cake.
(b) Have free time.
(c) Come and sing to her.
(d) Have a dish of ice cream.

2. What is happening to Torey that has her concerned about Sheila and the class?
(a) She is concerned that she will be gone for two days to a conference.
(b) She is injured and will be missing a lot of work.
(c) She has gotten the news that Sheila will move on to another class.
(d) She has to switch her classroom to another building.

3. What does Chad suggest they do to celebrate the win of Sheila's court case?
(a) Go for ice cream.
(b) Give the family money for food and clothes.
(c) Go out for pizza.
(d) Buy Sheila a dress.

4. What does Torey tell Sheila makes her a good little girl?
(a) Society.
(b) Behavior.
(c) Torey.
(d) Sheila.

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

6. What surprises Torey about Sheila's hospital stay?
(a) They will not allow her to have any visitors.
(b) They put her in a crib.
(c) They left her alone and unsupervised.
(d) The doctor's were unable to help her.

7. What do Chad and Sheila do together?
(a) Write a story about Sheila.
(b) Play checkers.
(c) Read.
(d) Talk.

8. 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 becomes enraged and bangs her head on the floor.
(b) She goes after the other kids trying to hurt them.
(c) She dumps Torey's desk and smashes items into the floor.
(d) She destroys all of the papers in the room.

9. What did Sheila do to the rabbit waste?
(a) Stored it in her desk.
(b) Threw it out.
(c) Fed it to Freddie.
(d) Painted it.

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

11. What does Sheila ask Torey to do?
(a) Tell her a story.
(b) Hold her.
(c) Let her come back to school.
(d) Take her home.

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

13. Why does Sheila hang back when the other students head out for recess?
(a) She wants to go with Torey.
(b) She wants to know why Torey didn't tell her privately.
(c) She wants to know when Torey will be back.
(d) She wants to stay home during the time that Torey is going to be gone.

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

15. In what month does Ed reveal that there is room in the state hospital for Sheila?
(a) February.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Sheila share with the class after they return to school after the April snowstorm?

2. Why does Peter need to go to a special classroom instead of a regular room?

3. Why doesn't Sheila get to participate in this subject?

4. What does Sheila ask Torey before she leaves her in the nurses office?

5. What does Torey notice when Sheila's father arrives at the hospital?

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