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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what grade levels is Sheila working on academically?
(a) Second grade reading and math.
(b) Fourth grade reading and third grade math.
(c) Second grade math and third grade reading.
(d) Third grade reading and fourth grade math.

2. What does Sheila keep near her at all times?
(a) Anton.
(b) Her special things.
(c) Torey.
(d) The Little Prince.

3. What is unique about Sheila's speech pattern?
(a) She refuses to use linking verbs.
(b) She doesn't use any articles.
(c) She doesn't use any pronouns.
(d) She speaks only in the present tense.

4. What does Torey do to Sheila after she comes back to the classroom after destroying the things in the regular classroom?
(a) Holds her.
(b) Scolds her.
(c) Ignores her.
(d) Yells at her.

5. Why does Torey wish she had a teacher's desk in her room after talking to Ed?
(a) So that she could have a place to put her head down.
(b) So the room would seem like other classrooms.
(c) So she could lose herself in her work and forget her troubles.
(d) So she could hide behind it.

6. Why does Torey put off telling Sheila what will happen next year?
(a) She is afraid of how Sheila will react.
(b) She doesn't know how to tell her.
(c) She doesn't want to say goodbye.
(d) She isn't allowed to tell Sheila.

7. 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.

8. Why does Peter need to go to a special classroom instead of a regular room?
(a) Violent tendencies.
(b) Lack of appropriate social skills.
(c) Low academic skills.
(d) Seizures.

9. What makes Sheila change her mind about going to the new school?
(a) Talking with Anton and Torey.
(b) Rereading The Little Prince.
(c) Meeting the new teacher.
(d) The excitement of the other students.

10. What happens to Sheila when Chad presents her with the new dress?
(a) She tears it into shreads.
(b) She runs to put it on.
(c) She asks him to be her father.
(d) She breaks down and cries.

11. What news does Torey learn about her class?
(a) She learns that she will not be able to teach it any longer.
(b) She learns that it will be disbanded at the end of the year.
(c) She learns that she will have to keep it with no aides.
(d) She learns that it will be moved.

12. What surprises Torey about Whitney?
(a) She does not like to help with cooking class.
(b) She likes to play practical jokes.
(c) She is afraid of Anton.
(d) She enjoys taking the kids on field trips.

13. When does Sheila return to school?
(a) She does not return for that school year.
(b) May.
(c) Beginning of June.
(d) End of April.

14. 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) Short part at the beginning of the book detailing the characters.
(c) A log of the events that happened in the story.
(d) Author summary and biography.

15. What is the title of the writing in the epilogue?
(a) Taming of Sheila.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Survival.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ed have reservations about Torey's plan for Sheila?

2. How does Whitney's mother react to the situation about the rabbit waste?

3. What surprises Torey about Sheila's hospital stay?

4. What does Sheila want to discuss over and over?

5. What does Torey notice when Sheila's father arrives at the hospital?

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