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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Esme think about the physical appearance of her former students at the graduation ceremony?
(a) They are smaller than she remembers them.
(b) They seem huge, like little adults.
(c) They look just about the same.
(d) They look very different.

2. What kind of music do the Slick Boys use in their assembly presentation?
(a) 1990s-style new jack swing.
(b) Hip-hop.
(c) 1950s-style doo-wop.
(d) Country.

3. Which student does Codell believe has the potential to become a children's book illustrator?
(a) Shira.
(b) Serena.
(c) B. B.
(d) Ashworth.

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

5. Why does Codell compare teaching to an apple in her poem "How to Teach Learning"?
(a) The mind can rot, just like an apple.
(b) One bad apple (student) can spoil the bunch.
(c) If a teacher makes learning like a forbidden fruit, students will want it even more, like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
(d) Learning can take many forms, like an apple can become juice or applesauce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Mr. Turner initially want to suspend B. B.?

2. What is the stated purpose of the "educational chiropractor" early in Part III?

3. What container does Codell create to allow students to symbolically rid themselves of worries?

4. How does the teachers union representative react to Codell's request to become a representative?

5. What is one of the songs Codell hears in her mind when Mr. Turner is frustrating her?

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