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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Afterword, how does the chairman of the State Board of Education act when he visits a school?
(a) He acts extremely enthusiastic.
(b) He acts humble.
(c) He acts cold and indifferent.
(d) He acts like he is royalty.

2. According to Codell, what is "education's best-kept secret"?
(a) If parents were more involved in teaching, it would actually make things worse.
(b) A sticker award system will make fifth-graders more motivated to learn than anything else.
(c) Principals do absolutely nothing to help teachers.
(d) Teachers being personally invested in their teaching methods make them accountable.

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

4. What animal does Melanie do her vertebrate report on?
(a) Rat.
(b) Cat.
(c) Hyena.
(d) Giraffe.

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

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

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

8. What important test does Codell's class take on May 13th?
(a) The California Assessment of Learning.
(b) The Illinois Standardized Test of Academic Proficiency.
(c) The Federal Standardized Exam.
(d) The Iowa Standardized Test of Basic Skills.

9. Esme's current principal (as of the Epilogue) has what sort of relationship with Esme?
(a) Nasty and strained.
(b) Esme married her current principal.
(c) Positive and supportive.
(d) Cool and indifferent.

10. According to Jim Trelease, what kind of portrayal is Educating Esme, with respect to American education?
(a) Realistic.
(b) Satirical.
(c) Hyperbolic.
(d) Sentimental.

11. Which is NOT one of the reasons, according to Jim Trelease, that Educating Esme is "terribly relevant"?
(a) Although Codell's students didn't learn the "right" things, they had a ton of fun along the way.
(b) Codell is young, and represents the future.
(c) It provides a realistic snapshot of American education.
(d) Codell was a success, and her students learned.

12. Why does Codell compare teaching to an apple in her poem "How to Teach Learning"?
(a) Learning can take many forms, like an apple can become juice or applesauce.
(b) The mind can rot, just like an apple.
(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) One bad apple (student) can spoil the bunch.

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

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

15. How long after the events in the journal does Codell write her Epilogue?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Twelve years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student does Codell believe has the potential to become a children's book illustrator?

2. Why does Zykrecia pursue conflict resolution with Kyle?

3. According to Codell, how must a teacher behave with a student to get him/her to learn?

4. Why does B. B. start to misbehave around 1:20 PM every day?

5. What best describes Codell's approach to disciplining children?

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