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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 does Codell call the subject of Science?
(a) Chem-o-Rama.
(b) Mad Scientist Time.
(c) Dr. Weird's Wonderful World.
(d) Natural Wonders.

2. What does Codell tell her students about their "alphabet museum" in order to avoid potential embarrassment?
(a) The students should go home to share the museum with younger siblings or neighbors.
(b) The alphabet museum will not be shared with anyone outside the classroom.
(c) The alphabet museum will be photographed for a local newspaper article.
(d) The students are creating the alphabet museum for use by kindergartners.

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

4. Why does Codell organize a field trip to the university science fair on October 13?
(a) To introduce her children to an erupting baking soda volcano.
(b) Because her students' standardized test scores in science were well below average.
(c) To help the kids demonstrate their backpack burglar alarm invention.
(d) To attend a lecture on physics in the real world.

5. According to the end of Part II, what is Codell's ultimate career aspiration?
(a) She wants to be a school librarian.
(b) She wishes to become a school principal.
(c) She wishes to join the teachers' union full-time.
(d) She wishes to remain a teacher of fifth-graders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does B. B. sleep over at Codell's apartment one night?

2. What name does Codell choose for her students to call her?

3. How does Codell interact with the Slick Boys "Just Say No" campaign?

4. Which best describes an aspect of Codell's philosophy of reading out loud to the class?

5. What conflict resolution does Kyle agree to with Zykrecia?

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