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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an accurate description of Torey as a teacher?
(a) She prefers the students call her by her first name.
(b) She often wears jeans to work.
(c) She is very disorganized.
(d) She believes in conventional teaching methods.

2. How does Torey indicate that most people view her work?
(a) Awe inspiring.
(b) Frustrating and sad.
(c) Worthless.
(d) Pitiful.

3. What does Sheila associate going to another class with in her own life?
(a) Having no friends.
(b) Punishment for being bad.
(c) Her mother's abandonment.
(d) Her father's drinking.

4. What does Torey want to test in regards to Sheila?
(a) Her IQ.
(b) Her ability to do math.
(c) Her emotions.
(d) All of her academic skills.

5. Which of the following is the best description of Torey's room right after the incident with the goldfish?
(a) Unruliness.
(b) Ordered.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Anarchy.

6. Which of the is not used in the prologue to describe something that is worth all of the effort Torey puts unto her students?
(a) Moment of peace.
(b) Moment of social awareness.
(c) Moment of understanding.
(d) Moment of learning.

7. What does Torey think is the next important area to work on with Sheila?
(a) Math skills.
(b) Personal hygiene.
(c) Reading skills.
(d) Social skills.

8. Which of the following is not one of the things Shelia's father said about her?
(a) She cries.
(b) She wets the bed.
(c) She is a loner.
(d) She sucks her thumb.

9. Why does it seem that Sheila is so worried about getting the wrong answers?
(a) She is afraid of being whipped when she is wrong.
(b) She believes that all of the other students got all of the answers right.
(c) She wants to always please Torey.
(d) She thinks she will have to leave the classroom if she gets them wrong.

10. What does Torey do to keep all of the students in the room?
(a) Puts one of the aides in front of the door.
(b) Plays music that soothes the students.
(c) Locks the door.
(d) Uses a child safety gate.

11. When is the only time that Shelia moves out of her chair within the classroom?
(a) To go to the bathroom.
(b) When Torey calls her name.
(c) When she hears a loud noise.
(d) When one of the students comes close to her.

12. Where does Shelia head when she runs out of the classroom?
(a) Outside.
(b) Cafeteria.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Gym.

13. With which of the following statements would Torey agree?
(a) Time put in equals rewards.
(b) Her students should not be in a public school setting.
(c) Her work has many rewards.
(d) Her work is exhausting.

14. How does Torey make attempts to contact Sheila's father before she and Anton go to visit the migrant camp?
(a) Parent teacher conferences.
(b) Phone calls.
(c) Home visits.
(d) Notes.

15. What does Torey feel about Anton's hope that he will fulfill his dream of going back to school and getting a teaching degree?
(a) She knows he will achieve that dream.
(b) She is surprised that is his dream.
(c) She admires him for wanting to take that step.
(d) She is not hopeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Torey describe Anton?

2. When does Torey find out that she will have an addition to her classroom?

3. What does Sheila do when she is having a bad day?

4. What option does Ed give Torey so that she will not go over the state maximum number of students?

5. How many students is Torey assigned for her new classroom?

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