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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Pages 112 through 134.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On September 27, what book is read that inspires Ashworth to reveal his missing digit to the class?
(a) The Hundred Dresses.
(b) The Bat-Poet.
(c) Helen Keller's Life.
(d) Greek Myths.

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

3. What is the plot of the story "The Pudding Like the Night on the Sea"?
(a) A pudding comes to life to terrorize a small town.
(b) A schoolgirl imagines that her pudding is the ocean, and she daydreams about a fantastic sea voyage.
(c) A father threatens to whip and beat his son, but it turns out that the "whipping" and "beating" involve making pudding.
(d) A pudding cup joins with other food items to defeat a rotten piece of cheese.

4. Which is NOT one of the ways in which Codell's class learns about Native Americans?
(a) They visit the zoo to see an American buffalo.
(b) They dress up in authentically-researched Native American clothing.
(c) They perform a rain dance.
(d) They have a guest speaker come to share Native American artifacts.

5. What is the purpose of the class making a patchwork quilt?
(a) To teach about inventors.
(b) To teach about the Underground Railroad.
(c) To teach about long division.
(d) To teach about the flowers of the fifty states.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do older teachers react to the great effort Codell takes with preparing her classroom for the first day of school?

2. How does the class respond to Ashworth's revealing of his missing digit.

3. What does Codell tell Mr. Turner about why he did not receive her classroom's inaugural newsletter?

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

5. In Codell's reading group method, what role does the "discussion director" play?

(see the answer key)

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