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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem, dedicated to Brandi, does Codell make her October 19th entry?
(a) How to Teach Impossible Students.
(b) How to Tame a Tiger.
(c) How to Fold a Paper Snowflake.
(d) How to Draw an Invisible Dragon.

2. 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 perform a rain dance.
(d) They have a guest speaker come to share Native American artifacts.

3. What kind of music do the Slick Boys use in their assembly presentation?
(a) Country.
(b) 1990s-style new jack swing.
(c) 1950s-style doo-wop.
(d) Hip-hop.

4. What is the ethnic makeup of Codell's class?
(a) Mostly hispanic.
(b) About half and half, black and white.
(c) Mostly white.
(d) Mostly black.

5. Why is Codell angry after she breaks up a fight between two girls on December 8th?
(a) It is after school, and Codell is not compensated for her time.
(b) In her attempt to stop the fight, she inadvertently injured one of the girls with her elbow.
(c) No other teachers stepped in to help Codell.
(d) Codell is unable to get the girls to stop arguing after the physical fight is over.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long into Codell's teacher observation time is she allowed to teach?

2. What does Codell notice about the new class of teachers that will be teaching along with her at the new school?

3. Which of the following best describes the attitude of the speaker in Codell's poem "The Custodian's Thoughts"?

4. Whose mother complains about Codell insisting on buying dictionaries for the children?

5. When an architect shows Codell her future classroom in Part I, which of the following is something Codell thinks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is The Happy Box?

2. Describe the theft of the Columbus comic book and its resolution.

3. Describe the last day of school.

4. As related in Part I's first entry, what happens in Codell's first interviews for the position at the new public school?

5. Describe the day when a student brings a two-year-old brother to school.

6. What steps does Codell take to prepare her classroom for the first day of school?

7. What reasons does Trelease give in the Afterword for his contention that Educating Esme is "terribly relevant"?

8. What is Codell's rationale for insisting her students call her Madame Esme?

9. What changes does Ms. Coil suggest in a January 18 entry, and what does Codell think of these suggestions?

10. Describe the first time the "time machine" is used.

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