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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sheila's poor behavior.
(d) How Sheila was absent too.

2. Why isn't Torey sure she wants to return to graduate school?
(a) She thinks it may be too much work for her.
(b) She would have to leave her class and Chad.
(c) She will miss the students.
(d) She will be unable to work with kids.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Sheila change her mind about going to the new school?

2. What does Sheila insist about her writing?

3. Why doesn't Sheila get to participate in this subject?

4. Why does Torey wish she had a teacher's desk in her room after talking to Ed?

5. What happens to Sheila when Chad presents her with the new dress?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sheila seem when she returns to school and what does this make Torey worry about?

2. What information does Torey learn at the beginning of this chapter and how does Torey feel after she hears it?

3. What does Torey use discussion time to do with the class in chapter twelve?

4. What does Torey think may be at the heart of Sheila's aversion to completing paperwork and why does she think this way?

5. What present does Sheila give to Torey for her birthday?

6. Why does Torey ignore Sheila for the rest of the day?

7. What surprises Torey about Whitney and why does this surprise her?

8. What does Sheila's father do at the end of this chapter which gives Torey hope that he is trying to do the right thing?

9. What do you believe the poem is an indicator of?

10. What does Torey come to find out Sheila has done which has led Freddie to get sick on a regular basis?

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