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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What misbehavior does Melanie have a propensity to commit?
(a) Beating up kids.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Arson.
(d) Exposing herself to others.

2. According to Esme, how do her new students in her new school (as of the Epilogue) behave?
(a) Like spoiled brats.
(b) Like weird aliens.
(c) Like little angels.
(d) Like gangster thugs.

3. How many stages does Codell create as part of her Storyteller Festival?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Zero.

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

5. What conflict resolution does Kyle agree to with Zykrecia?
(a) Kyle will bring her lunch for a week.
(b) Kyle agrees to never speak to Zykrecia again.
(c) Kyle agrees to return the pencil he stole.
(d) Kyle agrees to bake her a cupcake for her upcoming birthday.

6. Why does Zykrecia pursue conflict resolution with Kyle?
(a) Kyle punched her during lunch.
(b) Kyle stole a pink pencil from Zykrecia.
(c) Kyle made a lewd statement to Zykrecia.
(d) Kyle superglued Zykrecia's locker shut.

7. Why doesn't Codell alert administration when one of her students brings a baby brother to school?
(a) She figures having a baby in the class will be a valuable teaching moment.
(b) She is afraid of the potential consequences for the student in question.
(c) She is afraid Mr. Turner might turn the baby over to Child Protective Services.
(d) She loves babies, and is happy to tend to the child for the day.

8. Why doesn't Codell respond favorably to the educational chiropractor?
(a) She believes her classroom seating arrangement is just fine without someone interfering.
(b) She doesn't believe in the curriculum conformity he advocates.
(c) She wishes to sign her name "Madame Esme," and the educational chiropractor discourages this.
(d) She thinks the rules being proposed are much too harsh for the students.

9. Why does B. B. start to misbehave around 1:20 PM every day?
(a) Codell never figures out why he suddenly changes at this time.
(b) B. B. knows he is missing his favorite cartoon show at that time.
(c) B. B. is faced with the prospect of going home to his wheelchair-bound father.
(d) B. B. never has anything to eat at lunch.

10. What is the stated purpose of the "educational chiropractor" early in Part III?
(a) To "align" the teachers' curriculum.
(b) To "work out the kinks" in school rules.
(c) To "straighten out" the student body.
(d) To "massage" the teachers' union into agreeing to lesser pay.

11. What is one of the songs Codell hears in her mind when Mr. Turner is frustrating her?
(a) "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones.
(b) "Control Yourself" by Jackie and Roy Kral.
(c) "Nothing from Nothing" by Billy Preston.
(d) "Perpetuum Mobile" by Novacek.

12. Who draws muscle men in his journal?
(a) Ashworth.
(b) Billy Williams.
(c) Ozzie.
(d) Ruben.

13. Why is Codell's day spoiled on April 11th?
(a) Mr. Turner reports her to the union for insubordination.
(b) Someone stole a pack of stickers.
(c) Random gunfire erupts in the street, and a classroom window is shot out.
(d) Chicago experiences the worst rainstorm in fifty years.

14. What unusual request does Ms. Coil make of Codell?
(a) Ms. Coil asks Codell to help move furniture in her apartment.
(b) Ms. Coil asks Codell to drive her car to the auto mechanic.
(c) Ms. Coil asks Codell to help her write a screenplay about being a vice principal.
(d) Ms. Coil asks Codell to lend her five-hundred dollars for rent.

15. What is the "last straw" that causes Codell to force Mr. Turner to suspend B. B.?
(a) B. B. calls her a bad name.
(b) B. B. refuses to do his homework.
(c) B. B. sneaks into the girls' bathroom.
(d) B. B. steals a book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of her thirty-one students, how many graduate from middle school at the ceremony Codell witnesses?

3. Which student does Codell want as her little sister?

4. What is Mr. Turner's criticism of the Storyteller Festival?

5. What gift does Codell receive from her students on the last day of school?

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