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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Codell buy for Melanie for her birthday?
(a) A child-sized purse.
(b) A Webster's Dictionary.
(c) A pack of lip glosses in various flavors.
(d) A backpack.

2. When interviewed for her first teaching job, how does Codell characterize her discipline style?
(a) Assertive.
(b) Proactive.
(c) Flexible.
(d) Aggressive.

3. What subject does the student Codell makes teacher for a day choose to make a lesson from?
(a) Monster movies.
(b) Paper airplanes.
(c) Density.
(d) The Holocaust.

4. 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 is glad her classroom is so far away from Mr. Turner's office.
(c) She does not like the "new construction" smell, preferring the unique smell of a school classroom.
(d) She wishes the classroom was on the second story for safety reasons.

5. What is Ismene's response when Codell asks her if she is married?
(a) "No. I have enough children to take care of without a husband."
(b) "No. I never found the right man who could understand my passion for teaching."
(c) "Yes. The only thing that makes me happier than my students is my own children."
(d) "No. My husband died several years ago in a car accident."

6. Which is NOT one of the ways in which Codell's class learns about Native Americans?
(a) They visit the zoo to see an American buffalo.
(b) They dress up in authentically-researched Native American clothing.
(c) They have a guest speaker come to share Native American artifacts.
(d) They perform a rain dance.

7. Which student actually stabbed the substitute teacher in the back with a pencil?
(a) Esther.
(b) Billy Williams.
(c) Serena.
(d) The students never reveal who it is.

8. What problem does Vanessa have in announcing the class' Christmas show?
(a) The announcement is too long, and she cannot memorize it.
(b) She consistently mispronounces a word in the announcement.
(c) She struggles with a severe lisp.
(d) She has extreme stage fright, and is too nervous to speak her lines.

9. What is JoEllen's Native American name, as given to her in a naming ceremony?
(a) Girl with the Voice of Thunder.
(b) Girl with Fast Feet.
(c) Girl of Many Questions.
(d) Girl of Frequent Bathroom Breaks.

10. How does the student Codell makes teacher for the day start the morning?
(a) The student stabs Codell with a pencil.
(b) The student tries to attack another student making fun of him or her.
(c) The student hides in the bathroom, not wanting to participate.
(d) The student eagerly waits at the front door, clipboard in hand.

11. What container does Codell create to allow students to symbolically rid themselves of worries?
(a) The Well of Worries.
(b) The Little Brown Jug.
(c) Trouble Basket.
(d) The Black Hole.

12. How many new teachers are introduced prior to the school's opening in Part I?
(a) 25.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 35.

13. On December 14th, older children steal which of Codell's classroom accessories?
(a) Her roller skates.
(b) The Happy Box.
(c) The Time Machine.
(d) The Thinking Cap.

14. What is Codell's opinion of teaching about Anne Frank and concentration camps?
(a) She is outraged about the subject's inclusion into the curriculum, and she files a complaint with the State Board.
(b) She decides to skip that part of the curriculum entirely; her class is just too young.
(c) She feels her children should be spared most of the details, but still learn the material.
(d) She believes strongly in revealing the truth, sparing no unpleasant details.

15. Whose mother complains about Codell insisting on buying dictionaries for the children?
(a) Shira.
(b) Asha.
(c) Twanette.
(d) Vanessa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ozzie's Native American name, as given to her in a naming ceremony?

2. What does the first student to use the "time machine" report about his or her experience?

3. Where does Codell take her students on January 20?

4. What does Codell tell Mr. Turner about why he did not receive her classroom's inaugural newsletter?

5. What is the name of Codell's immediate supervisor at her work in Part I?

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