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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do older teachers react to the great effort Codell takes with preparing her classroom for the first day of school?
(a) Many emulate Codell's colorful bulletin boards.
(b) Most think Codell has done too much, creating an overstimulating environment.
(c) The teachers believe Codell has done an average job, and are indifferent.
(d) The teachers applaud Codell and reward her with a Teacher of the Month award.

3. What film, the first classic film Codell shows, is shown in October 15?
(a) Citizen Kane.
(b) The Miracle Worker.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) The Bishop's Wife.

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

5. When an architect shows Codell her future classroom in Part I, which of the following is something Codell thinks?
(a) The classroom will be much too small for her expected number of students.
(b) She wishes the classroom was on the second story for safety reasons.
(c) She does not like the "new construction" smell, preferring the unique smell of a school classroom.
(d) She is glad her classroom is so far away from Mr. Turner's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Vanessa have in announcing the class' Christmas show?

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

3. Which of the following terms best describes the manner in which Codell answers the panel in her first interview in Part I?

4. How does the student Codell makes teacher for the day start the morning?

5. What is stolen from Codell's classroom on October 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Trelease give in the Afterword for his contention that Educating Esme is "terribly relevant"?

2. Describe Codell's experience with the teachers union representative.

3. Describe Miss Clark's attempt to teach Codell's kids on January 11.

4. Explain the story of Ozzie becoming ill at school.

5. Describe the theft of the Columbus comic book and its resolution.

6. Describe the Storyteller Festival.

7. What toll has the school year taken on Codell?

8. What is Codell's rationale for insisting her students call her Madame Esme?

9. Describe Shira's transformation on December 13.

10. Why is Codell relieved when she refrains from yelling at Latoya for continually coming in late one week?

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