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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. Who suggests bringing the students to Beaufort to celebrate Halloween?
(a) Pat Conroy.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Mrs. Brown.
(d) Bernie.

2. Who suggested Pat Conroy change the direction of his teaching career?
(a) Bernie Schein.
(b) George Garbade.
(c) Mike Jones.
(d) Jason Keener.

3. What does Pat Conroy like to do after school?
(a) Fight.
(b) Drink.
(c) Walk.
(d) Fish.

4. What does Mrs. Graves say about Pat Conroy?
(a) He is a "fine lookin' man."
(b) He is "uneducated."
(c) He is a "conceited man."
(d) He is "fat."

5. Who gets injured during the Halloween festivities?
(a) Top Cat.
(b) Mary.
(c) Cindy Lou.
(d) Pat Conroy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saying hung in the classroom on Pat Conroy's visit?

2. What object talks for Mrs. Graves when she gets mad?

3. After Halloween, Mrs. Brown shames the class over what?

4. Where does Pat Conroy request to teach?

5. Pat Conroy is required to get permission to leave school during recess from who?

Short Essay Questions

1. What social action did Pat Conroy take after Martin Luther King was shot?

2. What type of things have the students at Yamacraw school not been taught?

3. Why are the parents against Pat Conroy's idea to take the children off the island to celebrate Halloween?

4. What is significant to Pat Conroy about the abandoned home in Chapter 4?

5. Although Mrs. Brown bans Joe and Jim from the school due to a lack of credentials, what is her real concern about their presence in the classroom?

6. Why did Ted Stone close his restaurant?

7. How does Pat Conroy convince the parents of Yamacraw to send their children to South Carolina for Halloween?

8. What appeals to Pat Conroy about many of the people he meets in Chapter 4?

9. Why did Pat Conroy enjoy swearing as a teen?

10. For what purpose does Pat Conroy attempt to give the students a classical music education?

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