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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Pages 165 through 185.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Codell's response when Rowisha tells her about B. B.'s horrible home life?
(a) Codell believes that even bad home circumstances are no excuse for bad behavior at school.
(b) Codell mocks Rowisha, making matters worse.
(c) Codell is so moved by the tragic story that she gives Rowisha two hundred dollars.
(d) Codell and Rowisha cry together, and later they become friends.

2. When interviewed for her first teaching job, how does Codell characterize her discipline style?
(a) Assertive.
(b) Proactive.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Flexible.

3. What does Codell secretly dream about being, rather than a teacher?
(a) Television personality.
(b) Opera singer.
(c) Professional softball player.
(d) Climatologist.

4. When Mr. Turner sees Codell and several of her students wearing saris, what does he think?
(a) He believes Codell is performing an open act of defiance.
(b) He believes Codell is mocking his own wearing of a sari two weeks earlier.
(c) He believes Codell is a terrible influence on her students.
(d) He believes Codell is having a cultural festival.

5. Which student, according to Codell, is "an old lady in disguise"?
(a) Selena.
(b) Esther.
(c) Asha.
(d) Vanessa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful is the film Codell shows for sexual education?

2. In Codell's reading group method, what role does the "practical predictor" play?

3. What important test does Codell's class take on May 13th?

4. Why does Codell compare teaching to an apple in her poem "How to Teach Learning"?

5. Why do Codell and Mr. Turner fail to secure any donations, according to the July 28th entry?

(see the answer key)

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