Stand And Deliver Quiz Worksheet - Calculus Maximus
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Stand and Deliver Quiz
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Stand and Deliver Quiz (Calculator Permitted)
_____ 1. How did Escalante explain negative numbers?
(A) bills and checks
(B) degrees above and below zero
(C) digging and filling holes
(D) giving and taking away money
(E) pessimistic numbers with a poor outlook on life
_____ 2. Which is an example of a problem that can be calculated using the “finger” method?
(A) 9 5 40
(B) 6 4 24
(C) 3 9 27
(D) 11 111 1221
(E) dislodging a booger deep in the nose
_____3. How did Escalante use Apples in class?
(A) as a healthy treat
(B) to teach fractions
(C) to demonstrate gravity
(D) to teach the dangers of mishandling a sharp knife
(E) to make bananas feel jealous
_____ 4. Which of the following ancient civilizations did Escalante tell the class first comprehended zero, “the absence of value,” and
for that that very reason, “mathematics [was] in [their] blood?”
(A) the Romans
(B) the Greeks
(C) the Mayans
(D) the Babylonians
(E) the Lilliputians
_____ 5. Why did Anna have to temporarily drop out of school?
(A) she thought she was pregnant
(B) she was sick
(C) she had to take care of her sick Abuelita
(D) her father needed her to work for him
(E) her pencil broke
____ 6. When Claudia asked her mother to sign the contract that would allow her to take calculus, her
mother told her
(A) that Newton invented calculus
(B) that she could make money as a hairstylist
(C) that she preferred Claudia raise a family with a nice man she could depend on
(D) that boys don’t like girls who are too smart
(E) she should take AP Statistics instead
_____ 7. What happened right before Escalante said to Pancho, “All you see is the turn and not the road ahead?”
I.
they hit a deer
II.
Escalante made a turn into a dead end
III.
Escalante was grinding Pancho’s gears
IV.
Pancho saw the road ahead
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II, and III
(E) I and III only
_____ 8. What was Escalante doing just before he had his heart attack?
(A) yelling at a student
(B) running after a kid who broke a window
(C) reviewing math problems
(D) teaching English to adults
(E) riding an Egyptian Canguro
_____ 9. Which of these things happened to Escalante’s car?
I.
the window was broken
II.
the radio was stolen
III.
it was painted
IV.
it had a party deck installed on the roof so that he could take his “burros” to prom in/on it
(A) I only
(B) I and II only
(C) I and III only
(D) I, II, and III
(E) IV and V only
_____ 10. What did the students do to celebrate after taking the AP test the first time?
(A) they got drunk
(B) they swam in the ocean
(C) they burned their math textbooks
(D) they threw a party at Escalante’s house and on top of his car
(E) they watched “Stand and Deliver”
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