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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 activity does Torey plan for Lori and Boo?
(a) To make sandwiches.
(b) To make ice cream.
(c) To have a picnic.
(d) To watch a movie.

2. What event did Thomaso witness?
(a) The shooting and killing of his mother and father.
(b) The drowning of his brother.
(c) The shooting and killing of his father and brother.
(d) The divorce of his mother and father as well as his father and step-mother.

3. What does Torey focus most of her time with Boo doing?
(a) Teaching him his letters.
(b) Teaching him to speak better.
(c) Teaching him life skills.
(d) Teaching him to sit at a table.

4. What does Claudia label herself when talking to Torey?
(a) An adult.
(b) A problem child.
(c) Stupid.
(d) A baby.

5. What does Edna claim is Lori's problem?
(a) She is stupid.
(b) Bad attitude.
(c) She can't hear.
(d) She won't listen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boo imitate?

2. What does Lori do when Torey wins the game they are playing?

3. What does Thomaso say about Torey's class?

4. What does Torey say she deserves after meeting Claudia's parents?

5. How old is Boo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Torey's reaction to Boo's speaking skills and the event that occurred in Chapter 12?

2. What do Claudia and Torey discuss in Chapter 13?

3. Describe Boo's speaking skills and discuss what happens when he begins to talk in Chapter 12.

4. What happens when Torey and Lori play cards?

5. What teaching techniques does Torey use in order to help Boo?

6. Describe the dispute between Lori and Edna in Chapter 2.

7. When Torey takes the children outside to plant bulbs, what breakthrough does Thomaso have?

8. Discuss how Boo injured himself in Chapter 9 and what happens when he is taken to the hospital.

9. What happens when Torey has a conference with Boo's mother?

10. What does Torey discover about Thomaso's past when she reads his personal file?

(see the answer keys)

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