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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 does Sheila do when she is having a bad day?
(a) She sits in the quiet chair.
(b) She clings to Torey.
(c) She hurts the other children.
(d) She plays with blocks.

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

3. What distracts Shelia and allows Torey to attempt to snatch away the pencil?
(a) Susannah Joy comes into the room.
(b) Max stabs her with a pencil.
(c) Peter screams and runs from the room.
(d) Freddie begins uncontrollably laughing loudly.

4. Which of the following is true about the trip to lunch on that first day with Shelia?
(a) Shelia refuses to leave the chair or talk to Torey.
(b) The class eats within their own classroom.
(c) She follows Torey out of the room, but will not touch her.
(d) Anton goes and brings Shelia back her own lunch.

5. What present does Torey give to Sheila?
(a) Hair clips.
(b) Wash cloth and towels.
(c) A magazine.
(d) Pencils.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Torey get some clothes for Sheila?

2. Which of the following is the name of one student to whom Torey refers in the introduction as having touched her life?

3. How does Sheila say that she learned such big words for a six year old?

4. What news does the social worker give to Torey about Shelia's arrival and leaving every day?

5. What does Ed remind Torey when he is called in after the incident when Sheila destroys the other teacher's classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Torey do to relieve the stress she experiences from her day with the children?

2. What is the motivation of the creation of this novel for Torey?

3. What does Sheila ask Torey about the story the Little Prince and how does Torey respond?

4. What does Torey read in the article from the newspaper and what does this lead her to predict?

5. Why does Torey stop asking Sheila questions about the scars she sees on her body as she bathes her?

6. What does Sheila continue to refuse to do and what does she do as part of her refusal?

7. What does Torey say makes everything she puts into her work worthwhile?

8. What are the two rules that all of the students must follow in Torey's classroom?

9. Write a description of Torey's aides in this new classroom.

10. What is Torey's class comprised of in relation to the other students in the school?

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