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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ultimate fear does Codell express about Melanie?
(a) Melanie will likely have to repeat the fifth grade.
(b) Melanie may be expelled from the district after a hearing.
(c) Melanie will fail as a storyteller, and ruin the Storyteller Festival.
(d) Melanie may grow up to become a felon.

2. How does the class do on the yearly standardized tests the district administers?
(a) The class scores the best in the state.
(b) The class scores third-best out of all the fifth-grade classes in the school.
(c) The class scores best out of all the fifth-grade classes in the school.
(d) The class performs poorly, and Codell is disappointed and disillusioned.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jim Trelease, what kind of portrayal is Educating Esme, with respect to American education?

2. What does Jim Trelease blame for poor reading scores in "a certain western state"?

3. Who draws muscle men in his journal?

4. What conflict resolution does Kyle agree to with Zykrecia?

5. Who is Codell especially impressed with, in respect to his or her stitching skills?

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