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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue and Afterword.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is Latoya consistently late to school in the second week of April?
(a) Her family has been moved to a shelter, and she must take the train instead of walking.
(b) Latoya's mother has been beating her, and she cannot get out of bed until late every morning.
(c) She is now living with her biological father, and must take a bus instead of walking.
(d) Latoya is silently protesting the idea of coming to school.
2. When Mr. Turner sees Codell and several of her students wearing saris, what does he think?
(a) He believes Codell is mocking his own wearing of a sari two weeks earlier.
(b) He believes Codell is a terrible influence on her students.
(c) He believes Codell is performing an open act of defiance.
(d) He believes Codell is having a cultural festival.
3. What is Codell's true intention in using the time machine?
(a) Doing work alone in the time machine will make the day seem to go faster for bored students.
(b) By thinking about different years and traveling through time, students will learn math concepts.
(c) She feels that reading is a kind of time travel.
(d) The time machine provides a "time out" for misbehaving students.
4. How does Ms. Coil criticize Codell's teaching of Native Americans.
(a) Ms. Coil is angry for not being informed about a field trip to the Native American History Museum.
(b) Ms. Coil believes fifth-graders are too old to dress up in Native American costumes.
(c) Ms. Coil believes having a "powwow" stereotypes Native American culture.
(d) Codell only teaches about one tribe, and Ms. Coil prefers a broader approach.
5. 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 wishes the classroom was on the second story for safety reasons.
(d) She is glad her classroom is so far away from Mr. Turner's office.
Short Answer Questions
1. What conflict resolution does Kyle agree to with Zykrecia?
2. Which of the following terms best describes the manner in which Codell answers the panel in her first interview in Part I?
3. How is the Fairy Tale Festival related to the Storyteller Festival?
4. In the Afterword, how does the chairman of the State Board of Education act when he visits a school?
5. What award does Codell receive during the events in the book?
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