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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ruben show his affectionate crush for Codell?
(a) He frequently leaves a gift on her desk after class is over.
(b) He writes to her in his journal, expressing his amorous feelings.
(c) Ruben makes sure to sit next to her during reading time, and he caresses her leg.
(d) After Codell says she likes the color red, Ruben wears nothing but red shirts to class.

2. How does Codell respond to Billy Williams when the boy claims that he hates her?
(a) "I'm not crazy about you either, kid, but we have to find a way to stand one another."
(b) "No matter how you feel about me, I will always love you."
(c) "Every time you say you hate me, I'm going to give you an extra homework problem."
(d) "Every time you say that, you hurt my heart and make me sad."

3. What does Codell call the subject of Science?
(a) Mad Scientist Time.
(b) Chem-o-Rama.
(c) Dr. Weird's Wonderful World.
(d) Natural Wonders.

4. Why do school administrators reject Codell's proposal for the Fairy Tale Festival?
(a) Many of Codell's proposals pose a danger to safety.
(b) The festival is too ambitious.
(c) Administrators cannot agree on the day to have the festival.
(d) The subject matter is inappropriate in a school setting.

5. How long into Codell's teacher observation time is she allowed to teach?
(a) After one month.
(b) On the first day.
(c) On the second day.
(d) She is never allowed to teach, but only observe.

6. Why does Codell organize a field trip to the university science fair on October 13?
(a) Because her students' standardized test scores in science were well below average.
(b) To attend a lecture on physics in the real world.
(c) To help the kids demonstrate their backpack burglar alarm invention.
(d) To introduce her children to an erupting baking soda volcano.

7. What does Codell call the subject of Math?
(a) Puzzling.
(b) Numbers Galore.
(c) The Mystery of Symbols.
(d) Number Crunching 3000.

8. Which of the following is NOT an activity Codell describes her class doing for Halloween?
(a) Dramatizing the book Old Devil Wind for a kindergarten class.
(b) Dressing up as ghosts and playing a prank on a second-grade class.
(c) Holding a mummy-wrapping race.
(d) Reading The Bat-Poet and studying bats.

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

10. Who persuades Codell to remain a teacher after she is ready to quit on February 15th?
(a) Serena.
(b) Ms. Coil.
(c) Miss Clark.
(d) Ms. Federman.

11. At the end of the day in which Codell makes a student teacher for the day, what does Codell have her children do?
(a) Codell encourages the children to do a similar switch with their parents at home.
(b) Students write a composition about their experience and what they learned that day.
(c) Codell assigns them double homework, because they were so unruly throughout the day.
(d) Codell has the last part of class outdoors, to reward the children for their excellent behavior.

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

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

14. What is JoEllen's Native American name, as given to her in a naming ceremony?
(a) Madame of Mathematics.
(b) Girl Who Always Gets A's.
(c) Girl with the Beautiful Lip Gloss.
(d) Hair that Flows like Water.

15. What is the name of the mentor who inspired Codell to do her best as a teacher?
(a) Lillia.
(b) Ismene Siteles.
(c) Mr. Turner.
(d) Ms. Coil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do older teachers react to the great effort Codell takes with preparing her classroom for the first day of school?

2. Why does Mr. Turner object to the winner of the Addy doll during the November 5th assembly?

3. What is Codell's impression of the scary story contest she holds for Halloween?

4. Which student actually stabbed the substitute teacher in the back with a pencil?

5. On October 29th, Codell creates an after-school club with what focus?

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