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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 claims to have gone back to the Jurassic period to observe dinosaurs.
(b) The student tells about meeting Wyatt Earp and helping to rid Dodge City of criminals.
(c) The student tells about a medieval joust they "witnessed."
(d) The student complains that the time machine is not real.

2. How many new teachers are introduced prior to the school's opening in Part I?
(a) 5.
(b) 35.
(c) 25.
(d) 12.

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

4. Which is NOT one of the ways in which Codell's class learns about Native Americans?
(a) They dress up in authentically-researched Native American clothing.
(b) They visit the zoo to see an American buffalo.
(c) They perform a rain dance.
(d) They have a guest speaker come to share Native American artifacts.

5. What does Codell use the Thinking Cap for?
(a) She puts it on students so they can take extra time to give a good answer.
(b) She claims that if students concentrate hard enough with the cap on, they will become smarter.
(c) She makes troublemaking students wear it, so they can think about what they've done.
(d) She places potpourri and incense in the cap, allowing the wearer to benefit from aromatherapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the first day of school, how does Codell determine where the students will sit?

2. What does Codell call the subject of Science?

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

4. What theme does Codell choose for her students for their Christmas assembly?

5. Which of the following is NOT an activity Codell describes her class doing for Halloween?

(see the answer key)

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