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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. What is Codell's true intention in using the time machine?
(a) By thinking about different years and traveling through time, students will learn math concepts.
(b) Doing work alone in the time machine will make the day seem to go faster for bored students.
(c) She feels that reading is a kind of time travel.
(d) The time machine provides a "time out" for misbehaving students.

2. How does Codell teach the students to multiply double-digit numbers?
(a) By having the students create an Aesop's Fable about the numbers.
(b) By using "cha-cha" dance steps.
(c) By staging a Jeopardy-style game show.
(d) By creating an elaborate flashcard system.

3. What animal does Melanie do her vertebrate report on?
(a) Hyena.
(b) Cat.
(c) Rat.
(d) Giraffe.

4. 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 complains that the time machine is not real.
(d) The student tells about a medieval joust they "witnessed."

5. Which student becomes teacher for a day, swapping places with Codell?
(a) Serena.
(b) Billy Williams.
(c) Ruben.
(d) JoEllen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part I begins with a letter to potential fifth-graders written by whom?

2. How long into Codell's teacher observation time is she allowed to teach?

3. Which is NOT one of the activities Codell proposes for the Fairy Tale Festival?

4. In Codell's reading group method, what role does the "practical predictor" play?

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

(see the answer key)

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