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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Torey reassure the class of during discussion time?

2. Why does Peter need to go to a special classroom instead of a regular room?

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

4. Why does Freddie's mother come to visit Torey?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What present does Anton give to Torey for her birthday?

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

4. What realization do both Torey and Sheila come to about how they have changed?

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

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

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

8. What happened to Sheila that caused her to bleed?

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

10. What does Chad give to Sheila and how does she react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the reader's hope for Sheila changes throughout the book. At what point is it at the highest level? At what point is it at the lowest level.

Essay Topic 2

In what way did Sheila respond to learning social skills through reading? Do you think this was an appropriate teaching tool? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Torey writes that many of her colleagues consider her class to be the garbage class. Why might they call the class this? Is this a fair judgment? Why or why not?

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