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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Akila give to Codell?

2. How long did Esme Codell work at the first school she taught at?

3. In the Afterword, how does the chairman of the State Board of Education act when he visits a school?

4. What misbehavior does Melanie have a propensity to commit?

5. When Mr. Turner sees Codell and several of her students wearing saris, what does he think?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

EDUCATING ESME is written as a series of journal entries. What effect does this format have on the narrative? What are its advantages and possible disadvantages?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Codell's unique approach to classroom reading. How does she divide the students, and what roles do they have? What might be the advantages to such a system? What are possible disadvantages?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the tone of EDUCATING ESME. What does Codell wish for readers to take away from her journal? How is any discussion of tone complicated by the fact that, presumably, Codell was writing a private journal and did not expect her entries to be read by anyone else?

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