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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Pages 112 through 134.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Codell call the subject of Math?
(a) Puzzling.
(b) Number Crunching 3000.
(c) Numbers Galore.
(d) The Mystery of Symbols.

2. How many new teachers are introduced prior to the school's opening in Part I?
(a) 12.
(b) 35.
(c) 25.
(d) 5.

3. Who is the first student to use the "time machine"?
(a) Billy Williams.
(b) Melanie.
(c) JoEllen.
(d) Shira.

4. What is the plot of the story "The Pudding Like the Night on the Sea"?
(a) A schoolgirl imagines that her pudding is the ocean, and she daydreams about a fantastic sea voyage.
(b) A pudding cup joins with other food items to defeat a rotten piece of cheese.
(c) A pudding comes to life to terrorize a small town.
(d) A father threatens to whip and beat his son, but it turns out that the "whipping" and "beating" involve making pudding.

5. What is the purpose of the class making a patchwork quilt?
(a) To teach about the flowers of the fifty states.
(b) To teach about long division.
(c) To teach about inventors.
(d) To teach about the Underground Railroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem, dedicated to Brandi, does Codell make her October 19th entry?

2. What conflict resolution does Kyle agree to with Zykrecia?

3. What container does Codell create to allow students to symbolically rid themselves of worries?

4. What theme does Codell choose for her students for their Christmas assembly?

5. What does the first student to use the "time machine" report about his or her experience?

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