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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 do when Lori is upset by a boy in her class?

2. What is Boo said to possibly have?

3. Why does Torey say she works well with little kids?

4. How does Boo get injured?

5. How does Torey describe Claudia's parents?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss Torey's feelings when she comments to Thomaso that his father makes him angry.

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

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

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

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

9. What events follow when Lori drops and breaks her bowl of ice cream?

10. Discuss the meeting between Torey and Claudia's parents.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Torey sees Boo's behavior and the things he is lacking in life skills as wells as academic skills, she tries to help him. Discuss the techniques that Torey tries in order to help Boo catch up to the other children his age. Do any of Torey's techniques and ideas seem to help Boo? Give examples from the story in order to justify your response.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 7, Thomaso is the third child to join Torey's class. Discuss Thomaso's first day. What did he do? How did he behave towards the other children? Why was he put in Torey's class?

Essay Topic 3

Claudia is the fourth student assigned to Torey's class. Why is Claudia sent to Torey's class? How old is she and what grade is she in? What does Birk inform Torey is the goal for Claudia each day?

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