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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 close to Pat Conroy yells at Dr. Piedmont at a board meeting?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Barbara.

2. In Chapter 12, who does Pat Conroy label "predictably mediocre?"
(a) Dr. Piedmont and Bennington.
(b) Bennington.
(c) Dr. Piedmont.
(d) The kids on Yamacraw Island.

3. What does Ted Stone accuse Steve McQueen of being?
(a) A womanizer.
(b) Handsome.
(c) A Nazi.
(d) Too wealthy.

4. When Pat Conroy visits Mrs. Brown at home, she surprises him by doing what?
(a) Cooking him dinner.
(b) Kissing him.
(c) Pointing a gun at him.
(d) Crying with joy.

5. Who is the tallest basketball player at the Yamacraw school?
(a) Top Cat.
(b) Saul.
(c) Jasper.
(d) Oscar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title does Pat Conroy give himself after trouble starts with Mrs. Brown?

2. Which Italian character sang as part of his lesson to the kids?

3. Why does Lincoln hog-tie his dog?

4. Prior to the Washington D.C. trip, who announces she is pregnant?

5. What news does Howard Sedgwick give Pat Conroy in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Piedmont treat Pat Conroy in his second year at Yamacraw Island and why?

2. Why were some people in Washington D.C. surprised by the children of Yamacraw Island?

3. Why does Mrs. Brown carry a gun?

4. Why does Pat Conroy allow teachers from the mainland into his classroom?

5. What is Pat Conroy struggling with at the beginning of Chapter 10?

6. What does Pat Conroy hope for the children of Yamacraw Island?

7. Why do the people on Yamacraw Island drink?

8. Why does Pat Conroy decide to commute to the island?

9. Why does Mrs. Brown always mention she is part Cherokee Indian?

10. What method of teaching does Pat Conroy claim to use to appease Mrs. Brown?

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