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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Pages 149 through 165.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Codell take her students on January 20?
(a) Sulzer Regional Library.
(b) Immmediately outside the school, to examine different types of trees.
(c) The history museum.
(d) The university science fair.

2. How does Ms. Coil criticize Codell's teaching of Native Americans.
(a) Ms. Coil believes fifth-graders are too old to dress up in Native American costumes.
(b) Codell only teaches about one tribe, and Ms. Coil prefers a broader approach.
(c) Ms. Coil is angry for not being informed about a field trip to the Native American History Museum.
(d) Ms. Coil believes having a "powwow" stereotypes Native American culture.

3. What is the result of Codell's conference with Rowisha, B. B.'s mother?
(a) Rowisha apologizes for her son, B. B. never acts up again, and the conference is a complete success.
(b) Rowisha beats B. B. to the point that Codell punches the woman.
(c) Rowisha never shows, and B. B. feels abandoned.
(d) Rowisha beats B. B. to the ground until he is hysterical.

4. What subject does the student Codell makes teacher for a day choose to make a lesson from?
(a) Density.
(b) Monster movies.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) Paper airplanes.

5. What is Codell's general attitude toward Ms. Federman?
(a) She cannot agree with almost all of Ms. Federman's radical teaching methods.
(b) She thinks Ms. Federman is a dinosaur from a long-gone era.
(c) She respects her persistence in teaching for so long.
(d) Codell is angry with Ms. Federman, because she promises to help Codell but never does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student becomes teacher for a day, swapping places with Codell?

2. According to Ms. Coil, how do teachers (besides Codell) react to her suggestions to improve the design of their classrooms?

3. What is JoEllen's Native American name, as given to her in a naming ceremony?

4. What is Codell's response when Rowisha tells her about B. B.'s horrible home life?

5. At the end of the day in which Codell makes a student teacher for the day, what does Codell have her children do?

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