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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity did Codell have the class do to learn about light?
(a) Stage a shadow-puppet show.
(b) Learn Morse Code by clicking flashlights on and off.
(c) Paint rainbows, showing the accurate colors of a rainbow.
(d) Calculate the speed of light with a shoe box with a pinhole in it.

2. Why does B. B. start to misbehave around 1:20 PM every day?
(a) Codell never figures out why he suddenly changes at this time.
(b) B. B. never has anything to eat at lunch.
(c) B. B. knows he is missing his favorite cartoon show at that time.
(d) B. B. is faced with the prospect of going home to his wheelchair-bound father.

3. Why does Zykrecia pursue conflict resolution with Kyle?
(a) Kyle made a lewd statement to Zykrecia.
(b) Kyle superglued Zykrecia's locker shut.
(c) Kyle punched her during lunch.
(d) Kyle stole a pink pencil from Zykrecia.

4. Which best describes an aspect of Codell's philosophy of reading out loud to the class?
(a) Any difficult words should be immediately looked up in the dictionary.
(b) Each child should have a book, so they can follow along with the reading.
(c) The teacher should often stop to have discussions about the text.
(d) The teacher should read words very slowly and loudly.

5. What does Codell tell B. B., which she later apologizes for?
(a) She tells B. B. he's very likely to end up in a street gang.
(b) She says she wishes B. B. was not in her class.
(c) She says he is acting like a jerk.
(d) She says B. B. deserved all the beatings his mother gave him.

6. Which student does Codell believe has the potential to become a children's book illustrator?
(a) B. B.
(b) Serena.
(c) Shira.
(d) Ashworth.

7. Why is Codell impressed with her students when they have a field trip to the Historical Society?
(a) They do not steal anything the entire day.
(b) They make sure to carefully read the plaques on display.
(c) They are exceedingly polite to the society's staff.
(d) They are using knowledge learned in class in the real world.

8. What teaching guidelines are given to the school by the Michael Jordan Foundation?
(a) The 3-Pointers of Success.
(b) The Slam Dunk Doctrines.
(c) The Championship Way.
(d) The Jordan Rules.

9. How many stages does Codell create as part of her Storyteller Festival?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Zero.

10. Who brings her two-year-old brother to school one day?
(a) Maurissa.
(b) Asha.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Zykrecia.

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

12. What special guest(s) arrive(s) for the Storyteller Festival?
(a) Michael Jordan.
(b) Connie Porter.
(c) Members of the Chicago Board of Education.
(d) Representatives from the foundation which gave Codell the grant for the festival.

13. What does prefabricated curriculum lead to, in Codell's opinion?
(a) The rise of only bad teachers, because the curriculum is stifling and uncreative.
(b) Either good teachers skillfully adapting it to their needs, or bad teachers using it as a crutch.
(c) The rise of only good teachers, because even the best teachers need state guidelines.
(d) Both good and bad teachers ignoring mandates completely.

14. What gift does Akila give to Codell?
(a) A gold necklace.
(b) A sari.
(c) Fake vomit, as a joke.
(d) A woven basket.

15. What activity did Codell have the class do to learn about Asia?
(a) Dress as samurai.
(b) Stage a kabuki theater play.
(c) Make a kimono.
(d) Make sushi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Codell alert administration when one of her students brings a baby brother to school?

2. Why is Codell afraid of B. B. returning from suspension?

3. How does Codell prepare her students for the Storytelling Festival?

4. How successful is the film Codell shows for sexual education?

5. Why doesn't Codell respond favorably to the educational chiropractor?

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