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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. What animal does Melanie do her vertebrate report on?
(a) Hyena.
(b) Rat.
(c) Giraffe.
(d) Cat.

2. How does Ms. Coil criticize Codell's teaching of Native Americans.
(a) Ms. Coil is angry for not being informed about a field trip to the Native American History Museum.
(b) Codell only teaches about one tribe, and Ms. Coil prefers a broader approach.
(c) Ms. Coil believes fifth-graders are too old to dress up in Native American costumes.
(d) Ms. Coil believes having a "powwow" stereotypes Native American culture.

3. How does Codell teach the students to multiply double-digit numbers?
(a) By using "cha-cha" dance steps.
(b) By staging a Jeopardy-style game show.
(c) By having the students create an Aesop's Fable about the numbers.
(d) By creating an elaborate flashcard system.

4. How does the class respond to Ashworth's revealing of his missing digit.
(a) They support him and threaten to beat up anyone who does not.
(b) They are silent, and most do not talk to Ashworth afterward.
(c) Several classmates loudly ridicule Ashworth, and Codell must shout them down.
(d) Many girls in the class are sickened at the sight.

5. Which of the following is NOT an activity Codell describes her class doing for Halloween?
(a) Reading The Bat-Poet and studying bats.
(b) Dramatizing the book Old Devil Wind for a kindergarten class.
(c) Holding a mummy-wrapping race.
(d) Dressing up as ghosts and playing a prank on a second-grade class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Turner object to the winner of the Addy doll during the November 5th assembly?

2. When an architect shows Codell her future classroom in Part I, which of the following is something Codell thinks?

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

4. Why does Codell initially regret asking Twanette's mother to a conference on September 30?

5. Once a week, Codell tutors Ruben in what subject?

(see the answer key)

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