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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. Why does Sheila hang back when the other students head out for recess?
(a) She wants to stay home during the time that Torey is going to be gone.
(b) She wants to know when Torey will be back.
(c) She wants to go with Torey.
(d) She wants to know why Torey didn't tell her privately.

2. What is happening to Torey that has her concerned about Sheila and the class?
(a) She has to switch her classroom to another building.
(b) She is injured and will be missing a lot of work.
(c) She is concerned that she will be gone for two days to a conference.
(d) She has gotten the news that Sheila will move on to another class.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Ed reveal that there is room in the state hospital for Sheila?

2. Why does Torey put off telling Sheila what will happen next year?

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

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

5. What subject does Torey put a particular emphasis on within her classroom that the other children seem to really enjoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in this chapter is an example of the progress Sheila has made socially?

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

3. What information does Torey learn about the class while Sheila is in the hospital?

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

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

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

7. What does Sheila want to know when Torey returns to school after being at the conference?

8. Why does Sheila decide she will start completing paperwork?

9. What new revelation has Sheila come to about the story of The Little Prince?

10. What is the epilogue composed of?

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