2. According to the end of Part II, what is Codell's ultimate career aspiration?
(a) She wants to be a school librarian.
(b) She wishes to join the teachers' union full-time.
(c) She wishes to become a school principal.
(d) She wishes to remain a teacher of fifth-graders.

3. Of her thirty-one students, how many graduate from middle school at the ceremony Codell witnesses?
(a) Four.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Sixteen.

4. 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 having a cultural festival.
(d) He believes Codell is performing an open act of defiance.

5. Which student does Codell want as her little sister?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Asha.
(d) Esther.

6. What activity did Codell have the class do to learn about Asia?
(a) Stage a kabuki theater play.
(b) Make sushi.
(c) Make a kimono.
(d) Dress as samurai.

7. 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 is silently protesting the idea of coming to school.
(c) Latoya's mother has been beating her, and she cannot get out of bed until late every morning.
(d) She is now living with her biological father, and must take a bus instead of walking.

8. What does Codell secretly dream about being, rather than a teacher?
(a) Climatologist.
(b) Opera singer.
(c) Professional softball player.
(d) Television personality.

9. How successful is the film Codell shows for sexual education?
(a) It successfully answers most of the students' questions.
(b) It sparks a valuable debate.
(c) It leads to more confusion than clarity.
(d) It makes several students cry.

10. What best describes Codell's approach to disciplining children?
(a) The bulk of a teachers' efforts should be put toward discipline.
(b) Teachers should only do mild disciplining; principals should handle true problem children.
(c) Teachers should do little to no disciplining; disciplining stifles creativity.
(d) Codell longs for the days in which teachers could physically discipline students, because it was so effective.

11. Who brings her two-year-old brother to school one day?
(a) Maurissa.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Asha.
(d) Zykrecia.

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

13. What does Codell come to realize about the teaching education she received?
(a) It was the best time of her young life.
(b) It was invaluable, and surprisingly effective at preparing her for all sorts of emergencies.
(c) It did little to prepare her for the realities of teaching children.
(d) It was entirely too expensive considering its true value.

14. Why is Codell impressed with her students when they have a field trip to the Historical Society?
(a) They are exceedingly polite to the society's staff.
(b) They are using knowledge learned in class in the real world.
(c) They make sure to carefully read the plaques on display.
(d) They do not steal anything the entire day.

15. What award does Codell receive during the events in the book?
(a) The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. award for outstanding new urban school teacher.
(b) The Dr. Peggy Williams award for outstanding Language Arts teacher.
(c) The Caldecott Silver Teaching award.
(d) The Connie Porter award for reading excellence.