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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. According to Ms. Coil, how do teachers (besides Codell) react to her suggestions to improve the design of their classrooms?
(a) Teachers usually tell Ms.Coil they are too busy to see her, in an effort to ignore her.
(b) Teachers tell Ms. Coil, in different words, to get lost.
(c) Teachers agree with the vast majority of suggestions Ms. Coil makes.
(d) Teachers usually make the suggested changes without any resistance.

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

3. Why is Codell afraid of B. B. returning from suspension?
(a) She is afraid Mr. Turner will doubt that the suspension was necessary at all.
(b) She is afraid B. B. will beat up Vanessa in an act of revenge.
(c) She is afraid B. B. will return with a gun and shoot her.
(d) She is afraid B. B. will decide to quit school altogether.

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

5. According to a November 10th entry, what did Codell's landlord call her father's apartment?
(a) A whorehouse.
(b) A den of sin.
(c) A filthy mess.
(d) A palace of learning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Codell's impression of prostitutes on her block as a young child?

2. Who persuades Codell to remain a teacher after she is ready to quit on February 15th?

3. Shira undergoes a change on December 13 when she begins dancing to which Christmas song?

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

5. According to a November 2nd entry, what does Codell do to help teach about inventors?

(see the answer key)

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