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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 topic for Claude's Science Fair project?
(a) The formation of rivers and streams.
(b) A water wheel.
(c) A laser beam.
(d) Formation of the oceans.

2. What did Arnie say to Mrs. Zajac when she had returned form Puerto Rico?
(a) "You look about twenty."
(b) "How was your vacation?"
(c) "Do we have to work?"
(d) "You look like an old lady."

3. What did Clarence ask Mrs. Zajac if he could do after they laughed together over the "Nobody" joke?
(a) Clean her desk.
(b) Stay at her house for dinner.
(c) Wash the blackboards.
(d) Sit next to Jennifer.

4. What did Al say at the end of his talk to his teachers about the standardized tests results?
(a) "We do the best with what we have, but we can do much better."
(b) "We do the best we can do, and that's that."
(c) "We all try here. I know that."
(d) "We're doing a good job. We really are."

5. What are the two adjectives Mrs. Zajac used to describe her childhood?
(a) Happy but very lonely.
(b) Very happy but constrained.
(c) Confused and anxious.
(d) Lonely and anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Zajac hope to convince Robert's mother to do for him?

2. Who was the chief disciplinarian and organizer in Mrs. Zajac's family?

3. While on their field trip, what detour did Mrs. Zajac take as a treat?

4. Where had Alice's father taken Alice, Judith, and Margaret to help then with their Science Fair project?

5. Whom did Mrs. Zajac ask to clean out Clarence's desk?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the science fair at Kelly School? Why was this event important to the students and their families?

2. Who in Mrs. Zajac's class won a ribbon for their Science Fair project? How did the ribbon recipients respond to being awarded for their efforts? How did the other children respond to the award?

3. What is the history of Puerto Ricans in the town of Holyoke? How were they treated in the second half of the twentieth century?

4. What student left Mrs. Zajac's class? Why did the student leave?

5. What were some of the differences Mrs. Zajac noticed between the English Mass and the Spanish mass? What did she learn about the Puerto Rican culture by attending the bilingual mass Father Joyce offered?

6. What did Mrs. Zajac dream about the night before her first day in class without Clarence? How does she feel as the week begins and Clarence is not there?

7. How did Mrs. Zajac think the students in her class would react to Clarence's departure from their class? How did they actually respond to Clarence not being in the classroom?

8. To what church did Mrs. Zajac belong for all of her life? Why was this? What did Mrs. Zajac enjoy about her church?

9. What did Mrs. Zajac and her family do over spring break? Who organized the experience? Why did Mrs. Zajac decide to spend her spring break this way?

10. What kinds of behavior did Robert exhibit that concerned Mrs. Zajac? What did she want Robert's mother to do? Did Robert's mother follow through with this suggestion?

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