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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the class making a patchwork quilt?
(a) To teach about long division.
(b) To teach about inventors.
(c) To teach about the Underground Railroad.
(d) To teach about the flowers of the fifty states.

2. How successful is the film Codell shows for sexual education?
(a) It leads to more confusion than clarity.
(b) It makes several students cry.
(c) It successfully answers most of the students' questions.
(d) It sparks a valuable debate.

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

4. What kind of school did Esme transfer to after the school of her first year of teaching?
(a) A technical trade college.
(b) A black, inner-city school.
(c) A suburban school with mostly minorities.
(d) A white, suburban school.

5. What important test does Codell's class take on May 13th?
(a) The Iowa Standardized Test of Basic Skills.
(b) The California Assessment of Learning.
(c) The Illinois Standardized Test of Academic Proficiency.
(d) The Federal Standardized Exam.

6. Why did Esme receive a low teacher rating in her second year of teaching?
(a) She was pregnant, and took too many sick days.
(b) Vindictive Mr. Turner punished her for her outspoken nature.
(c) She had a disastrous second annual Storyteller's Festival.
(d) She refused to follow state-mandated curricula.

7. In the Afterword, how does the chairman of the State Board of Education act when he visits a school?
(a) He acts extremely enthusiastic.
(b) He acts humble.
(c) He acts like he is royalty.
(d) He acts cold and indifferent.

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

9. What award does Codell receive during the events in the book?
(a) The Connie Porter award for reading excellence.
(b) The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. award for outstanding new urban school teacher.
(c) The Caldecott Silver Teaching award.
(d) The Dr. Peggy Williams award for outstanding Language Arts teacher.

10. What unusual request does Ms. Coil make of Codell?
(a) Ms. Coil asks Codell to lend her five-hundred dollars for rent.
(b) Ms. Coil asks Codell to drive her car to the auto mechanic.
(c) Ms. Coil asks Codell to help her write a screenplay about being a vice principal.
(d) Ms. Coil asks Codell to help move furniture in her apartment.

11. What is Codell's response when Rowisha tells her about B. B.'s horrible home life?
(a) Codell is so moved by the tragic story that she gives Rowisha two hundred dollars.
(b) Codell and Rowisha cry together, and later they become friends.
(c) Codell mocks Rowisha, making matters worse.
(d) Codell believes that even bad home circumstances are no excuse for bad behavior at school.

12. What teaching guidelines are given to the school by the Michael Jordan Foundation?
(a) The Slam Dunk Doctrines.
(b) The 3-Pointers of Success.
(c) The Jordan Rules.
(d) The Championship Way.

13. When do parents "throw a tantrum" at Esme's new school (as of the Epilogue)?
(a) When their kids get C's.
(b) When not enough extracurricular activities are available.
(c) When their kids get F's.
(d) When the football team fails to make the state finals.

14. Who is Codell especially impressed with, in respect to his or her stitching skills?
(a) Zykrecia.
(b) Ashworth.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Ruben.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of speeches are delivered at the middle school graduation ceremony, according to Codell?

2. What animal does Melanie do her vertebrate report on?

3. What does prefabricated curriculum lead to, in Codell's opinion?

4. How does the class do on the yearly standardized tests the district administers?

5. What does Esme think about the physical appearance of her former students at the graduation ceremony?

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