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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Pages 165 through 185.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What unusual request does Ms. Coil make of Codell?
(a) Ms. Coil asks Codell to help move furniture in her apartment.
(b) Ms. Coil asks Codell to drive her car to the auto mechanic.
(c) Ms. Coil asks Codell to lend her five-hundred dollars for rent.
(d) Ms. Coil asks Codell to help her write a screenplay about being a vice principal.
2. What occurs on the bus ride to the university science fair on October 13?
(a) The bus suffers a flat tire, and the students miss the fair.
(b) The students manage to finish a lengthy "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" sing-a-long.
(c) The bus is attacked by gang members, who throw rocks at the windows.
(d) Codell must break up a fight between two female students.
3. On September 27, what book is read that inspires Ashworth to reveal his missing digit to the class?
(a) Greek Myths.
(b) The Hundred Dresses.
(c) Helen Keller's Life.
(d) The Bat-Poet.
4. In Codell's reading group method, what role does the "language lover" play?
(a) Reading passages out loud.
(b) Defining difficult words in the text.
(c) Guessing what comes next in the plot of the book.
(d) Making questions up about the book.
5. Why does Codell compare teaching to an apple in her poem "How to Teach Learning"?
(a) The mind can rot, just like an apple.
(b) If a teacher makes learning like a forbidden fruit, students will want it even more, like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
(c) Learning can take many forms, like an apple can become juice or applesauce.
(d) One bad apple (student) can spoil the bunch.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which student must be stopped from casting voodoo spells on students in class?
2. Why is Codell angry after she breaks up a fight between two girls on December 8th?
3. Why does Codell organize a field trip to the university science fair on October 13?
4. Which child is especially shy about being a storyteller?
5. On the first day of school, how does Codell determine where the students will sit?
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