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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Torey do to Sheila after she comes back to the classroom after destroying the things in the regular classroom?
(a) Scolds her.
(b) Ignores her.
(c) Holds her.
(d) Yells at her.

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

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

4. What does Sheila seem to be dwelling on?
(a) Torey and Chad becoming her parents.
(b) Her trial day and eating dinner out.
(c) Her uncle living with them.
(d) Torey's absence from school.

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

6. Why doesn't Sheila get to participate in this subject?
(a) Because she refuses to do any paperwork.
(b) Because she cannot use a pencil correctly.
(c) Because it gives Torey a chance to work with the other kids.
(d) Because Sheila cannot be trusted in this subject.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What genre of writing is found in the epilogue?

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

4. What two things does Torey suspect are linked for Sheila?

5. What is the title of the writing in the epilogue?

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