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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. Who is Codell especially impressed with, in respect to his or her stitching skills?
(a) Ashworth.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Zykrecia.
(d) Ruben.

2. What does Codell tell her students about their "alphabet museum" in order to avoid potential embarrassment?
(a) The students are creating the alphabet museum for use by kindergartners.
(b) The students should go home to share the museum with younger siblings or neighbors.
(c) The alphabet museum will be photographed for a local newspaper article.
(d) The alphabet museum will not be shared with anyone outside the classroom.

3. Which of the following is NOT an activity Codell describes her class doing for Halloween?
(a) Holding a mummy-wrapping race.
(b) Dramatizing the book Old Devil Wind for a kindergarten class.
(c) Reading The Bat-Poet and studying bats.
(d) Dressing up as ghosts and playing a prank on a second-grade class.

4. Which student becomes teacher for a day, swapping places with Codell?
(a) Billy Williams.
(b) JoEllen.
(c) Serena.
(d) Ruben.

5. What poem, dedicated to Brandi, does Codell make her October 19th entry?
(a) How to Teach Impossible Students.
(b) How to Draw an Invisible Dragon.
(c) How to Tame a Tiger.
(d) How to Fold a Paper Snowflake.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a November 2nd entry, what does Codell do to help teach about inventors?

2. Why doesn't Codell take Ms. Coil's suggestion that she should place student papers on her wall higher up?

3. What film, the first classic film Codell shows, is shown in October 15?

4. Which best describes an aspect of Codell's philosophy of reading out loud to the class?

5. Once a week, Codell tutors Ruben in what subject?

(see the answer key)

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