Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Esmé Raji Codell
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 165 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Esmé Raji Codell
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Pages 20 through 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes the manner in which Codell answers the panel in her first interview in Part I?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Cavalier.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Morose.

2. What does Codell notice about the new class of teachers that will be teaching along with her at the new school?
(a) Codell is one of the few white women among the new teachers.
(b) There is not one man among the new teachers.
(c) Unlike Codell, most of the teachers are older veterans pulled from surrounding districts.
(d) There is a disproportionate amount of white, slender women in their twenties.

3. When an architect shows Codell her future classroom in Part I, which of the following is something Codell thinks?
(a) She wishes the classroom was on the second story for safety reasons.
(b) She is glad her classroom is so far away from Mr. Turner's office.
(c) She does not like the "new construction" smell, preferring the unique smell of a school classroom.
(d) The classroom will be much too small for her expected number of students.

4. What is the ethnic makeup of Codell's class?
(a) Mostly black.
(b) About half and half, black and white.
(c) Mostly hispanic.
(d) Mostly white.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What container does Codell create to allow students to symbolically rid themselves of worries?

2. When interviewed for her first teaching job, how does Codell characterize her discipline style?

3. What does Mr. Turner initially call Codell, which frustrates her?

4. Why does Codell organize a field trip to the university science fair on October 13?

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

(see the answer key)

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