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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of the writing in the epilogue?
(a) To say thank you to Torey.
(b) To show the reader the progress Sheila made.
(c) To provide the reader more insight into Sheila.
(d) To end the book on a positive and upbeat note.

4. How does Whitney's mother react to the situation about the rabbit waste?
(a) She becomes upset and berates Whitney.
(b) She is mortified and embarrassed.
(c) She tells Whitney she can no longer come back to the room.
(d) She blames Torey for exposing her daughter to such children.

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

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

7. 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 Torey not read it until later.
(d) That it be put on display.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What has Torey given up in regards to Sheila?

5. What does Sheila want to discuss over and over?

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