The Year of Miss Agnes

Why did the village need a another new teacher?

• The teacher left because she didn't like the smell of fish.

• Miss Agnes wanted to come to the village.

• The new teacher got married and moved away.

• The new teacher was not smart.

Who meets Miss Agnes the first day?

• Bokko and Fred

• Bokko and Mama

• Plasker and Fred

• Bertha and Fred

Who had never been to school until Miss Agnes?

• Bertha

• Plasker

• Bokko

• Fred

What large thing did Miss Agnes put on the wall?

• A map of the world.

• Pictures made by the students.

• The student's writing.

• She cleaned the windows.

Why did Mama decide she thought school was important?

• Bokko could use sign language and her girls could add.

• Bokko was going to a new school.

• Everyone learned sign language.

• Fred could keep up with the number of fish they caught.

Where was Miss Agnes from?

• Alaska

• England

• Oregon

• North Carolina

How did Miss Agnes get the students to learn to read and write?

• She let them read the old books in the classroom.

• She wrote books for each student.

• She wrote books for each student and asked them to write stories.

• She read to them.

Who is the student who is quiet and very smart?

• Little Pete

• Plasker

• Jimmie

• Fred

Miss Agnes goes back to her home every year. True or False

• True

• False

Miss Agnes returns to teach the students for another year. Why?

• The students were finally learning and she enjoyed them.

• The students were angry she was leaving.

• She couldn't find a job teaching.

• She didn't want to return home.