The Year of Miss Agnes

What is the setting of this story?

• Alaska in 1948

• Russia in 1920

• Alaska in 2008

• Wisconsin in 1960

Why does the first teacher leave?

• She hates the smell of fish.

• The students do not listen to her.

• Amy got mad at her for buying mukluks from Julia.

• All of the above

What does Miss Agnes do the first day of school?

• She teaches them how to add.

• She cleans the classroom, rearranges the desks and hangs pictures.

• She has them practice spelling.

• She teaches them how to look through a microscope.

Why did Fred want to know where Juneau was located on the Alaska map?

• Her uncle worked there on a fishing boat.

• Her brother went there to join the army.

• It is where her daddy died of tuberculosis.

• Her grandma and grandpa were born there.

What did Miss Agnes do to help Bokko?

• She gave her special lessons at her cabin.

• She brought in books to teach her sign language.

• She took her to the doctor.

• She ordered a hearing aid through the catalog.

How does Miss Agnes get the students to learn?

• She wrote stories about their lives to teach them how to read.

• She played fun learning games like time machine.

• She taught them necessary skills for their lives.

• All of the above.

How do the people in the community celebrate?

• They go fishing.

• They go shopping.

• They have a dance.

• They go hunting.

What did Fred discover when she saw her photo for the first time?

• She was the tallest girl in the class.

• She had a smile like Daddy’s and Bokko’s.

• She had big ears.

• She had sad eyes like mamma.

What did Fred discover when she returned from fish camp?

• Miss Agnes had come back to teach.

• The schoolhouse had been destroyed.

• Miss Agnes had written them a long letter.

• Miss Agnes had died over the summer.

How was Miss Agnes different than the other teachers?

• She wore pants and treated them like adults.

• She made learning boring.

• She ignored the classroom.

• She never wrote books for them.