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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which child is especially shy about being a storyteller?
(a) B. B.
(b) Ozzie.
(c) Maurissa.
(d) Serena.

2. How is the Fairy Tale Festival related to the Storyteller Festival?
(a) At both festivals, Mr. Turner scolded Codell with entirely minor criticisms.
(b) Codell gets to use several ideas from the Storyteller Festival for the Fairy Tale Festival.
(c) Ms. Coil enthusiastically endorses both festivals.
(d) Codell gets to use several ideas from the Fairy Tale Festival for the Storyteller Festival.

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

4. What does Codell tell B. B., which she later apologizes for?
(a) She says he is acting like a jerk.
(b) She says she wishes B. B. was not in her class.
(c) She tells B. B. he's very likely to end up in a street gang.
(d) She says B. B. deserved all the beatings his mother gave him.

5. In Codell's reading group method, what role does the "literary luminary" play?
(a) Defining difficult words in the text.
(b) Guessing what comes next in the plot of the book.
(c) Reading passages out loud.
(d) Making questions up about the book.

6. What gift does Akila give to Codell?
(a) A sari.
(b) A woven basket.
(c) Fake vomit, as a joke.
(d) A gold necklace.

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

8. How long did Esme Codell work at the first school she taught at?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) As of the Epilogue, she continues to teach there to this day.

9. Why does Codell compare teaching to an apple in her poem "How to Teach Learning"?
(a) Learning can take many forms, like an apple can become juice or applesauce.
(b) One bad apple (student) can spoil the bunch.
(c) If a teacher makes learning like a forbidden fruit, students will want it even more, like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
(d) The mind can rot, just like an apple.

10. According to Codell, what is "education's best-kept secret"?
(a) Teachers being personally invested in their teaching methods make them accountable.
(b) Principals do absolutely nothing to help teachers.
(c) A sticker award system will make fifth-graders more motivated to learn than anything else.
(d) If parents were more involved in teaching, it would actually make things worse.

11. Why do Ozzie's grades plummet?
(a) Ozzie has joined a gang.
(b) Ozzie is malnourished.
(c) His mother's ex-boyfriend is verbally and physically abusive.
(d) Ozzie has developed dyslexia.

12. Why does B. B. sleep over at Codell's apartment one night?
(a) B. B.'s mother fears violence from her abusive boyfriend.
(b) B. B.'s mother threw him out, and he is homeless for one night before becoming a ward of the state.
(c) B. B. celebrates his birthday with a half dozen other kids who also stay the night.
(d) Codell is rewarding B. B. for winning a game show contest in class.

13. What animal does Melanie do her vertebrate report on?
(a) Hyena.
(b) Cat.
(c) Rat.
(d) Giraffe.

14. Which word best completes the following Codell phrase: So much of teaching is _____.
(a) Constructing bulletin boards.
(b) Sharing.
(c) Tolerating bad behavior.
(d) Taking attendance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does JoEllen ask Codell during sexual education?

2. According to the end of Part II, what is Codell's ultimate career aspiration?

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

4. What is the stated purpose of the "educational chiropractor" early in Part III?

5. Why is Codell impressed with her students when they have a field trip to the Historical Society?

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