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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 Birk urge Torey to do?

2. What is the name of Thomaso's brother?

3. What does Joc tell Torey when they have a fight?

4. What kind of school does Boo go to after his year in Torey's class?

5. What does Lori do when she is forced to go to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomaso bring to school and what does he does it cause?

2. What happens when Lori is absent from school?

3. When Torey realizes the school year is drawing to a close, what kind of activities does Torey help Lori work on?

4. When Libby talks to Torey about Lori's injury, what happens?

5. In Chapter 17, describe what the class does for Thomaso, including his feelings as well as Torey's that are involved.

6. What happens after Thomaso's outburst in Chapter 17 and what is Torey's thoughts on why it happened?

7. Describe what causes Boo to revert to old behaviors.

8. Where does Torey go one day after school and why?

9. What kind of support group does Torey try to find and what happens due to her efforts?

10. What does Torey do when Lori returns to school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 23, Libby visits Torey's class and informs her about the reason why Lori has been absent from school. What is the real reason why Lori is absent from school and who is to blame for her fear to return? What does Torey do when she finds out why Lori is absent? When Lori returns to school, what does Torey do? Why does she do this? Who is she afraid to tell about her plans to help Lori?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 31, Torey tries to help Lori by reintroducing her to reading. What makes Torey do this? What book does she use to teach Lori? How does Torey teach Lori to read using the particular book she chose? What does Lori achieve from her lessons with Torey?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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