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Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Epilogue, what is Esme Codell's impression of Mr. Turner?
(a) Mr. Turner is the same prideful blowhard as ever.
(b) Mr. Turner is ogling young female teachers, which sickens Codell.
(c) Mr. Turner is unusually reserved.
(d) Mr. Turner appears to have changed, and his speech was actually quite stirring.

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

3. How does the teachers union representative react to Codell's request to become a representative?
(a) The representative is happy to pass along such a burdensome responsibility.
(b) The representative tells Codell that she is too young to become a representative.
(c) The representative thinks that a rookie teacher is making an inappropriate power grab.
(d) The representative agrees to ask the local union leader about the switch, but nothing transpires.

4. Which child is especially shy about being a storyteller?
(a) B. B.
(b) Serena.
(c) Ozzie.
(d) Maurissa.

5. What is the plot of the story "The Pudding Like the Night on the Sea"?
(a) A pudding comes to life to terrorize a small town.
(b) A father threatens to whip and beat his son, but it turns out that the "whipping" and "beating" involve making pudding.
(c) A schoolgirl imagines that her pudding is the ocean, and she daydreams about a fantastic sea voyage.
(d) A pudding cup joins with other food items to defeat a rotten piece of cheese.

6. What does Codell tell B. B., which she later apologizes for?
(a) She says B. B. deserved all the beatings his mother gave him.
(b) She tells B. B. he's very likely to end up in a street gang.
(c) She says he is acting like a jerk.
(d) She says she wishes B. B. was not in her class.

7. Why doesn't Mr. Turner initially want to suspend B. B.?
(a) B. B. has otherwise been an exemplary student, and his misbehavior is isolated.
(b) He believes that at-risk blacks should be given a break, given their circumstances.
(c) Mr. Turner wishes to expel B. B. and only reluctantly agrees to the lesser punishment.
(d) Mr. Turner happens to be friends with B. B.'s father.

8. Why is Codell afraid of B. B. returning from suspension?
(a) She is afraid B. B. will decide to quit school altogether.
(b) She is afraid Mr. Turner will doubt that the suspension was necessary at all.
(c) She is afraid B. B. will beat up Vanessa in an act of revenge.
(d) She is afraid B. B. will return with a gun and shoot her.

9. In Codell's reading group method, what role does the "language lover" play?
(a) Making questions up about the book.
(b) Guessing what comes next in the plot of the book.
(c) Reading passages out loud.
(d) Defining difficult words in the text.

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

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

12. In Codell's reading group method, what role does the "literary luminary" play?
(a) Reading passages out loud.
(b) Defining difficult words in the text.
(c) Guessing what comes next in the plot of the book.
(d) Making questions up about the book.

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

14. What activity did Codell have the class do to learn about medieval history.
(a) Have a mock jousting tournament.
(b) Make a diagram of all the parts of a knight's armor.
(c) Make a castle out of marshmallows.
(d) Read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and act out some of the stories.

15. According to the educational chiropractor, how many units can a teacher teach per school year?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 25.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Latoya consistently late to school in the second week of April?

2. What does JoEllen ask Codell during sexual education?

3. How does Codell teach Melanie to control her destructive urges?

4. Who brings her two-year-old brother to school one day?

5. Why does Codell compare teaching to a bottle cap in her poem "How to Teach Learning"?

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