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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Freddie's mother come to visit Torey?
(a) Because Sheila has been hurting Freddie.
(b) Because Freddie is not making appropriate progress.
(c) Because Freddie has been coming home vomiting.
(d) Because Freddie is afraid of Sheila.

2. Why isn't Torey sure she wants to return to graduate school?
(a) She thinks it may be too much work for her.
(b) She will miss the students.
(c) She will be unable to work with kids.
(d) She would have to leave her class and Chad.

3. What does Sheila's father acknowledge?
(a) He is sorry about what happened to Sheila.
(b) He has a drinking problem.
(c) That Torey is the best thing that ever happened to Sheila.
(d) He needs help caring for Sheila.

4. Why doesn't Sheila's father visit her in the hospital?
(a) He is not allowed to visit her.
(b) He was arrested for neglect.
(c) He has a phobia of hospitals.
(d) He is always drunk.

5. What has Torey given up in regards to Sheila?
(a) Having her understand about moving to a new class.
(b) Understanding her life style.
(c) Having her leave the class unsupervised.
(d) Getting her to do paperwork.

6. What does Sheila say when she got all of the answers wrong?
(a) She says that if she could learn how to do it her mother would come back.
(b) She says that if she had gotten them right her mother wouldn't have left her.
(c) She says that if she gets them wrong she'll have to go to another class.
(d) She says that if she could learn how to do it, her father would love her.

7. How does Anton calm down Whitney's mother?
(a) He shows her the humor in the situation.
(b) He yells back at her for treating Whitney so harshly.
(c) He takes her for a long walk.
(d) He takes her to the lounge for coffee.

8. What does Sheila find in the trash and complete as a surprise for Torey?
(a) A fifth grade reading assignment.
(b) A fifth grade math test.
(c) A fourth grade math test.
(d) A fourth grade reading assignment.

9. What does Torey tell Sheila makes her a good little girl?
(a) Behavior.
(b) Sheila.
(c) Society.
(d) Torey.

10. What does Sheila reveal in her writing?
(a) She wets the bed and is often beaten by her father for it.
(b) She did not mean to hurt the little boy.
(c) She wants to run away and find her mother.
(d) She misses her little brother Jimmie.

11. What does the epilogue consist of?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Story.
(c) Poem.
(d) Journal.

12. What does Sheila say she will write if she is given a piece of paper?
(a) What happened in her past.
(b) Something secret about herself.
(c) A long story about her teacher.
(d) Anything Torey wants.

13. Which of the following is the best description of what an epilogue is?
(a) Short part at the end of the book detailing the fate of the characters.
(b) A log of the events that happened in the story.
(c) Author summary and biography.
(d) Short part at the beginning of the book detailing the characters.

14. What does Sheila insist about her writing?
(a) That it be destroyed right after it is finished.
(b) That no one but Torey look at the writing.
(c) That it be put on display.
(d) That Torey not read it until later.

15. What news does Sheila share with the class after they return to school after the April snowstorm?
(a) Her father got a new job.
(b) She made a new friend during the snowstorm.
(c) Her uncle is out of jail and staying with them.
(d) Her roof collapsed from the weight of the snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sheila do when she is told that she will not be able to go on the field trip with the class that afternoon?

2. What does Chad suggest they do to celebrate the win of Sheila's court case?

3. What is the writing in the epilogue an indicator of?

4. What does Sheila say to Torey that she wishes?

5. What does Sheila's father ask Torey to do?

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