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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 was the name of the neighborhood in which Kelly School was located?
(a) The Flats.
(b) The Oaks.
(c) The Green.
(d) The Wedge.

2. What did Pedro's mother write on the bottom of his permission slip for the core evaluation?
(a) "I am sick with high blood pressure. I want to die."
(b) "I think it is kind of you to do this for my son."
(c) "Do not bother my son Pedro, everything is fine."
(d) "I am afraid Pedro will not sit still for all of the tests."

3. What quality did Mrs. Zajac think Pam displayed that was most important for a new teacher?
(a) Her determination to get through her assigned work.
(b) The sense of order she wanted to have.
(c) Her detachment from the children.
(d) The emotion she brought to the job.

4. Why did Mrs. Zajac hold Clarence in her room after school on Friday?
(a) For hitting other children.
(b) For rough-housing on the playground.
(c) For screaming at the student teacher.
(d) For not doing his homework.

5. What did Mrs. Zajac allow the students to do on the first day?
(a) Talk about their summer vacations.
(b) Choose their own desks.
(c) Make as much noise as they wanted.
(d) Eat their snacks early.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Clarence was particularly nasty to Pam, what did Judith say to him?

2. What happened to Lisette, one of the quiet children in the room, in October?

3. What did Mrs. Zajac say about Judith when comparing the child with herself?

4. What was something Mrs. Zajac thought was a weakness of Pam's as a teacher?

5. What prevented Mrs. Zajac from teaching lessons for as long as she wanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mrs. Zajac allow her students to choose their own desks on the first day of school? What message did she want to send to her students? What did she learn about the children by allowing them their choice of seats?

2. How did the fifth grade class celebrate the Christmas break? What did Mrs. Zajac give each child as a Christmas gift?

3. What were the demographics of Kelly School? Were they in line with the demographics of the community? What else do we know about the families attending Kelly School?

4. What kind of parent participation did Mrs. Zajac receive from her students' families? How did she respond to this situation?

5. Clarence continued to be a concern in Mrs. Zajac's class. What kinds of things did Clarence do that were of concern to Mrs. Zajac? How did these behaviors contrast with others in the classroom?

6. Where was Mrs. Zajac born, and where did she grow up? What did her father do for a living? What was a unique quality about the town in which she was born?

7. What were the specific goals Mrs. Zajac had for all of her students in the fifth grade? Why did she consider these goals important?

8. Why did Clarence immediately catch Mrs. Zajac's eye? What were some of his behaviors in the classroom? What did she and her student teacher Miss Hunt notice about Clarence?

9. How did Clarence's behavior change in the first three days of school? What was Mrs. Zajac's reaction? What were Clarence's consequences for his behavior? What does Mrs. Zajac finally decide to do?

10. How was Robert's behavior in class? What were Mrs. Zajac's concerns about both his work and his behavior? What new behaviors had Mrs. Zajac noticed?

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