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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Pages 89 through 112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first student to use the "time machine" report about his or her experience?
(a) The student tells about meeting Wyatt Earp and helping to rid Dodge City of criminals.
(b) The student complains that the time machine is not real.
(c) The student tells about a medieval joust they "witnessed."
(d) The student claims to have gone back to the Jurassic period to observe dinosaurs.

2. On December 14th, older children steal which of Codell's classroom accessories?
(a) The Happy Box.
(b) The Thinking Cap.
(c) The Time Machine.
(d) Her roller skates.

3. Why do Codell and Mr. Turner fail to secure any donations, according to the July 28th entry?
(a) They are working off of an incorrect list of potential donors.
(b) Mr. Turner is rude to potential donors.
(c) They mistakenly try to approach businesses on a holiday when most are closed.
(d) Most of the businesses approached are poor, small, and highly unlikely donors.

4. Where does Codell take her students on January 20?
(a) Immmediately outside the school, to examine different types of trees.
(b) The university science fair.
(c) Sulzer Regional Library.
(d) The history museum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Esme Codell when given a job at the public school at the start of the book?

2. Whose mother complains about Codell insisting on buying dictionaries for the children?

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

4. How does the class respond to Ashworth's revealing of his missing digit.

5. Which student must be stopped from casting voodoo spells on students in class?

(see the answer key)

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