Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Esmé Raji Codell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Esmé Raji Codell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How successful is the film Codell shows for sexual education?
(a) It leads to more confusion than clarity.
(b) It sparks a valuable debate.
(c) It makes several students cry.
(d) It successfully answers most of the students' questions.

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

3. Why does Codell fear that student B. B. will be chosen as the first student to use the time machine?
(a) B. B. is described as a "hopeless daydreamer," and B. B. may refuse to leave the machine once inside.
(b) B. B. is known for violence, and may destroy the time machine.
(c) B. B. is afraid of the dark, and using the time machine involves being in the dark.
(d) B. B. is described as a "terrible realist" who may not buy into the fantasy she's trying to create.

4. At the end of the day in which Codell makes a student teacher for the day, what does Codell have her children do?
(a) Codell has the last part of class outdoors, to reward the children for their excellent behavior.
(b) Students write a composition about their experience and what they learned that day.
(c) Codell encourages the children to do a similar switch with their parents at home.
(d) Codell assigns them double homework, because they were so unruly throughout the day.

5. Which student must be stopped from casting voodoo spells on students in class?
(a) B. B.
(b) Shira.
(c) Esther.
(d) Vanessa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does B. B. start to misbehave around 1:20 PM every day?

2. Why did Esme receive a low teacher rating in her second year of teaching?

3. Which student does Codell want as her little sister?

4. What does prefabricated curriculum lead to, in Codell's opinion?

5. What is the name of the mentor who inspired Codell to do her best as a teacher?

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