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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 kinds of things appeared around Robert's desk during the school week?
(a) Pencils, erasers, staples, newspapers, comic books.
(b) Old candy wrappers, apple cores, pencils, undone homework sheets.
(c) Books, magazines, comic books, newspapers.
(d) Staples, bits of paper, spiral wires from notebooks, candy wrappers.

2. What word did the author use to describe Mrs. Zajac's style in the classroom?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Obstinate.
(c) Insecurity.
(d) Physicality.

3. When did Mrs. Zajac take the same field trip her students were taking with her now?
(a) When she was on vacation with her family.
(b) When she was in fifth grade.
(c) When she was in high school.
(d) When she was in summer camp.

4. What song did the girls sing on the bus ride from their field trip back to school?
(a) "Miss Merry Mac-Mac-Mac."
(b) "Five Little Monkeys."
(c) "School Days, School Days."
(d) "Miss Suzie."

5. Whom did Mrs. Zajac ask to clean out Clarence's desk?
(a) Arabella.
(b) Mariposa.
(c) Robert.
(d) Claude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things happened in Kelly School during the early winter that affected Mrs. Zajac deeply?

2. What did Mrs. Zajac often mutter to herself in her classroom?

3. When she returned from February vacation, what does Mrs. Zajac think about Clarence?

4. What suggestion did Al give the teachers at Kelly School during their staff meeting in March?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mrs. Zajac begin to realize about continuing to keep Clarence in her class? What were her options?

2. Who among Mrs. Zajac's students was particularly excited about entering the science fair? What was the project? How did Mrs. Zajac feel about this student's participation in the science fair?

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

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

5. 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?

6. What were some of the changes January brought to Mrs. Zajac's class and her students?

7. 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?

8. Who was the new child sent to Mrs. Zajac's class when school resumed after winter break? How did she get to Holyoke and Mrs. Zajac's class?

9. How did Mrs. Zajac differ outside of her class from inside her classroom?

10. 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?

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