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

2. Who was Jim Padden?
(a) Mrs. Zajac's uncle.
(b) The sixth grade teacher.
(c) Mrs.Zajac's father.
(d) The Alpha teacher.

3. What was the person who arranged the trip to Puerto Rico over spring break?
(a) Mrs. Zajac.
(b) Alphonse Laudato.
(c) Felipe's father.
(d) A teacher at Kelly School.

4. What was the name of Mrs. Zajac's church?
(a) Loyola.
(b) The Blessed Heart.
(c) The Holy Name.
(d) Sacred Heart.

5. What two things happened in Kelly School during the early winter that affected Mrs. Zajac deeply?
(a) Mr. Laudato's leaving and Mary Ann's retirement.
(b) Blanca's sudden departure and Lil's death.
(c) Mary Ann's retirement and the fire at Kelly School.
(d) Al's retirement and her husband's transfer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert say to Mrs. Zajac one day to show her he had not done his homework?

2. What did Mrs. Zajac realize was the reason she was unable to sleep?

3. Why did Felipe's father choose to live in the Flats?

4. Which students worked with Claude on a Science Fair project?

5. What did Mrs. Zajac's class smell like in the spring?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Mrs. Zajac take her class on a field trip? Why did she choose this place for the children to see? Why was this trip especially important to Judith and Arabella?

3. 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?

4. What was the Alpha class? Who decided whether a child was appropriate for the Alpha class?

5. As the class approached spring break, how did Mrs. Zajac feel about her class? About herself? What were her parting words to Jimmy as the children leave for a week's break?

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

7. Where was Robert during the Science Fair? What did Mrs. Zajac learn about Robert and his efforts to participate in the Science Fair?

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 were some of the other students' projects entered in the science fair? How did Mrs. Zajac feel about the parents who did not help their children with their Science Fair projects?

10. How did some of the teachers at Kelly School speak about the Puerto Rican students at Kelly School? Why did they respond this way to them?

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