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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sheila say when she got all of the answers wrong?
(a) She says that if she could learn how to do it, her father would love her.
(b) She says that if she gets them wrong she'll have to go to another class.
(c) She says that if she could learn how to do it her mother would come back.
(d) She says that if she had gotten them right her mother wouldn't have left her.

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

3. What does Sheila insist about her writing?
(a) That no one but Torey look at the writing.
(b) That it be destroyed right after it is finished.
(c) That it be put on display.
(d) That Torey not read it until later.

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

5. What two things does Torey suspect are linked for Sheila?
(a) She thinks Sheila's speech and fear of failure are linked.
(b) She thinks Sheila's fear of failure and abandonment are linked.
(c) She thinks Sheila's need for love and abandonment fear are linked.
(d) She thinks Sheila's desire for revenge and refusal are linked.

6. 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 destroys all of the papers in the room.
(c) She becomes enraged and bangs her head on the floor.
(d) She goes after the other kids trying to hurt them.

7. What genre of writing is found in the epilogue?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Poem.

8. 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 know how to tell her.
(c) She isn't allowed to tell Sheila.
(d) She doesn't want to say goodbye.

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

10. At the hearing, what warms Torey's heart in regard to Sheila's father?
(a) He is sober and wears an ill-fitting suit.
(b) He takes many steps to help Sheila.
(c) He asks the boy's parents to forgive his child.
(d) He pleads with the judge on his behalf.

11. Which of the following is the best description of what an epilogue is?
(a) Author summary and biography.
(b) Short part at the beginning of the book detailing the characters.
(c) A log of the events that happened in the story.
(d) Short part at the end of the book detailing the fate of the characters.

12. What does Torey reassure the class of during discussion time?
(a) That she loves them all.
(b) That Anton and Whitney will be there and class will go on the same.
(c) That she will return from her conference.
(d) That they must be better behaved than they are for her.

13. What does Sheila ask Torey before she leaves her in the nurses office?
(a) If Chad will come to visit her.
(b) If she can still keep the dress.
(c) If she can take a nap.
(d) If she promises not to tell anyone she cried.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the epilogue consist of?

2. Why isn't Torey sure she wants to return to graduate school?

3. Why doesn't Sheila's father visit her in the hospital?

4. What is Torey worrying about with only three weeks of school left?

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

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