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Helen 1) What effect does having an older kid in class, have on elementary-school students?
2) Is it helpful that the teacher teaches the children French?
3) How is mental illness perceived in this book?
4) What effect does the goody-goody student have on the class? How did her parents seem to raise her?
5) Describe the pros and cons of the Russian girl's personality.
6) What are some of the lines that show you that the author really knows how children think and feel?
7) Do you think the followup lines accurately describe the future?
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