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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. How does Codell eventually ensure her students do not steal books that they borrow?
(a) She collects $10 from students for each book they borrow, as collateral.
(b) She makes students leave one of their shoes to ensure they return books.
(c) She develops an ID card system similar to a public library.
(d) She informs a child's parent when the child borrows a book.

2. How is the Fairy Tale Festival related to the Storyteller Festival?
(a) Codell gets to use several ideas from the Storyteller Festival for the Fairy Tale Festival.
(b) Codell gets to use several ideas from the Fairy Tale Festival for the Storyteller Festival.
(c) Ms. Coil enthusiastically endorses both festivals.
(d) At both festivals, Mr. Turner scolded Codell with entirely minor criticisms.

3. Why doesn't Mr. Turner initially want to suspend B. B.?
(a) B. B. has otherwise been an exemplary student, and his misbehavior is isolated.
(b) He believes that at-risk blacks should be given a break, given their circumstances.
(c) Mr. Turner wishes to expel B. B. and only reluctantly agrees to the lesser punishment.
(d) Mr. Turner happens to be friends with B. B.'s father.

4. Why do Ozzie's grades plummet?
(a) His mother's ex-boyfriend is verbally and physically abusive.
(b) Ozzie has developed dyslexia.
(c) Ozzie is malnourished.
(d) Ozzie has joined a gang.

5. What problem does Vanessa have in announcing the class' Christmas show?
(a) She has extreme stage fright, and is too nervous to speak her lines.
(b) She struggles with a severe lisp.
(c) The announcement is too long, and she cannot memorize it.
(d) She consistently mispronounces a word in the announcement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Codell's response when Rowisha tells her about B. B.'s horrible home life?

2. How many stages does Codell create as part of her Storyteller Festival?

3. Which student actually stabbed the substitute teacher in the back with a pencil?

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

5. Who provides Codell with an explanation as to why her substitute got stabbed in the back with a pencil?

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