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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Pages 45 through 71.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long into Codell's teacher observation time is she allowed to teach?
(a) On the second day.
(b) She is never allowed to teach, but only observe.
(c) After one month.
(d) On the first day.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On December 14th, older children steal which of Codell's classroom accessories?

3. What is the name of the mentor who inspired Codell to do her best as a teacher?

4. According to a November 10th entry, what did Codell's landlord call her father's apartment?

5. Codell insists Mr. Turner refer to her by what title?

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