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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Pages 149 through 165.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose mother complains about Codell insisting on buying dictionaries for the children?
(a) Twanette.
(b) Shira.
(c) Asha.
(d) Vanessa.

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

3. What best describes Codell's approach to disciplining children?
(a) The bulk of a teachers' efforts should be put toward discipline.
(b) Codell longs for the days in which teachers could physically discipline students, because it was so effective.
(c) Teachers should only do mild disciplining; principals should handle true problem children.
(d) Teachers should do little to no disciplining; disciplining stifles creativity.

4. What is JoEllen's Native American name, as given to her in a naming ceremony?
(a) Madame of Mathematics.
(b) Girl Who Always Gets A's.
(c) Girl with the Beautiful Lip Gloss.
(d) Hair that Flows like Water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the day in which Codell makes a student teacher for the day, what does Codell have her children do?

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

3. According to Ms. Coil, how do teachers (besides Codell) react to her suggestions to improve the design of their classrooms?

4. Who brings her two-year-old brother to school one day?

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

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