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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the program, what does Torey see Sheila's father do for the first time?
(a) Smile at Sheila.
(b) Thank Torey for her help with Sheila.
(c) Touch Sheila.
(d) Say he is proud of Sheila.

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

3. What does Torey decide to do for her final big project for the school year?
(a) Proposal in sign language.
(b) Mother's Day program.
(c) Father's day program.
(d) Special end of the year celebration.

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

5. What does Torey ask Chad to do in regards to Sheila?
(a) To come into the classroom and meet Sheila.
(b) To talk to her father about the constant beatings.
(c) To talk to Ed on Sheila's behalf.
(d) To take on her case to keep her out of the state hospital.

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

7. What is the title of the writing in the epilogue?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Survival.
(d) Taming of Sheila.

8. What do the other students tell Torey about when she comes in?
(a) How Anton had quit togo back to school.
(b) How Mr. Collins was very upset with Torey.
(c) How Sheila was absent too.
(d) Sheila's poor behavior.

9. What surprises Torey about Whitney?
(a) She does not like to help with cooking class.
(b) She likes to play practical jokes.
(c) She is afraid of Anton.
(d) She enjoys taking the kids on field trips.

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

11. What is Torey worrying about with only three weeks of school left?
(a) How to say goodbye to her students.
(b) How she will break the news to Chad that she is leaving.
(c) What she will do next year.
(d) Things that should have been done.

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

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

14. Why is Torey almost glad for Sheila's hospitalization?
(a) She is making academic progress.
(b) She is getting attention and three meals a day.
(c) She is learning to improve socially.
(d) Others are now more involved in her case.

15. 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 says that Torey lied to her.
(c) She tells her that she hates her.
(d) She tells her that she never said she could trust her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sheila's father ask Torey to do?

2. What does Sheila ask Torey to do?

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

4. At the hearing, what warms Torey's heart in regard to Sheila's father?

5. What does Sheila's father acknowledge?

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