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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Pages 135 through 149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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 a disproportionate amount of white, slender women in their twenties.
(c) Codell is one of the few white women among the new teachers.
(d) There is not one man among the new teachers.

3. Why does B. B. sleep over at Codell's apartment one night?
(a) B. B.'s mother threw him out, and he is homeless for one night before becoming a ward of the state.
(b) B. B.'s mother fears violence from her abusive boyfriend.
(c) Codell is rewarding B. B. for winning a game show contest in class.
(d) B. B. celebrates his birthday with a half dozen other kids who also stay the night.

4. What subject does the student Codell makes teacher for a day choose to make a lesson from?
(a) Paper airplanes.
(b) Density.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) Monster movies.

5. Who is Codell especially impressed with, in respect to his or her stitching skills?
(a) Ruben.
(b) Ashworth.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Zykrecia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual request does Ms. Coil make of Codell?

2. What is Codell's opinion of teaching about Anne Frank and concentration camps?

3. What does Codell tell Mr. Turner about why he did not receive her classroom's inaugural newsletter?

4. What gift does Akila give to Codell?

5. Why does Codell compare teaching to a bottle cap in her poem "How to Teach Learning"?

(see the answer key)

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