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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What news does Sheila share with the class after they return to school after the April snowstorm?
(a) Her uncle is out of jail and staying with them.
(b) Her father got a new job.
(c) Her roof collapsed from the weight of the snow.
(d) She made a new friend during the snowstorm.

3. 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 destroys all of the papers in the room.
(d) She dumps Torey's desk and smashes items into the floor.

4. What makes Sheila change her mind about going to the new school?
(a) Rereading The Little Prince.
(b) The excitement of the other students.
(c) Talking with Anton and Torey.
(d) Meeting the new teacher.

5. Why does Peter need to go to a special classroom instead of a regular room?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Violent tendencies.
(c) Lack of appropriate social skills.
(d) Low academic skills.

6. What does Sheila reveal in her writing?
(a) She did not mean to hurt the little boy.
(b) She wants to run away and find her mother.
(c) She wets the bed and is often beaten by her father for it.
(d) She misses her little brother Jimmie.

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

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

9. What subject does Torey put a particular emphasis on within her classroom that the other children seem to really enjoy?
(a) Math.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Creative writing.

10. Which of the following characters is often a source of laughter within Torey's classroom?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Whitney.
(c) Mr. Collins.
(d) Anton.

11. What does Sheila tell Torey when she asks for an explanation about her behavior?
(a) She says that she does not want to be in that dumb class.
(b) She tells her that she hates her.
(c) She tells her that she never said she could trust her.
(d) She says that Torey lied to her.

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

13. How does Anton calm down Whitney's mother?
(a) He takes her to the lounge for coffee.
(b) He yells back at her for treating Whitney so harshly.
(c) He takes her for a long walk.
(d) He shows her the humor in the situation.

14. What does Sheila say to Torey that she wishes?
(a) That she had never burned the boy.
(b) That Torey and Chad were her parents.
(c) That she could have a dress.
(d) That her father had come with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the writing in the epilogue?

2. What does Sheila seem to be dwelling on?

3. After the program, what does Torey see Sheila's father do for the first time?

4. What happened to the ice cream that Torey brought for the class?

5. What is the writing in the epilogue an indicator of?

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