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Miss Daisy is Crazy Chapters 1-

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  • What did A.J. already know about circumference?
    He knew that circumference means the distance around a circle.
  • Why did Miss Daisy say she became a teacher?
    She jokingly said she became a teacher because second graders would not notice that she could not spell.
  • Why did Emily run out of the lunchroom?
    Because she became scared that a real teacher had been kidnapped.
  • What did Michael Robinson trade with A.J. at lunch?
    Michael Robinson traded potato chips for A.J.’s peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
  • Why does A.J. think Mrs. Cooney is a spy?
    Because she had strange posters and measuring tools that looked like spy equipment.
  • What does Miss Daisy do at the end that shows she may be joking with A.J.?
    She winked at him.
  • Why did the children touch Principal Klutz’s head?
    Because Principal Klutz invited them to touch his bald head.
  • Why were the children surprised by Miss Daisy?
    They were surprised because she said she hated school and could not do arithmetic or spelling.
  • Why did A.J. begin to like Miss Daisy?
    Because she also said she hated school and liked watching TV and eating bonbons.
  • What did Ryan ask about bonbons?
    He asked what a bonbon was.
  • What arithmetic problem did Miss Daisy ask the class?
    She asked: “If I gave you fifty-eight apples and Principal Klutz took twenty-eight away, how many apples would you have left?”
  • Why did the children decide not to tell Principal Klutz about Miss Daisy?
    Because they liked having a teacher who did not force them to study hard.
  • What are bonbons?
    Bonbons are small chocolate treats.
  • What does A.J. think children should do instead of going to school?
    He thinks children should watch TV, ride bikes, play football, and play video games.
  • What rules did Principal Klutz explain to the class?
    He explained rules like no running in the halls and no chewing gum.
  • Why did Ryan think they could buy the school?
    Because his father’s company once bought another company.
  • Why did Emily start crying when Principal Klutz talked about his hair?
    Because she thought losing his hair was sad.
  • What did Miss Daisy think about turning schools into video-game arcades?
    She thought it was a great idea because there were too many schools and not enough video-game arcades.
  • Why did Emily become upset during the discussion about hospitals?
    Because A.J. described hospitals in a scary and disgusting way.
  • What mistake did A.J. make about the meaning of “veterinarian”?
    He thought a veterinarian was somebody who fought in a war.
  • What happened to Andrea’s bonbons during the math problem?
    Miss Daisy ate them.
  • Why did Miss Daisy bring bonbons to class the next day?
    She wanted to use them for arithmetic problems.
  • Why did the children gather around Michael’s desk?
    Because they were trying to help Miss Daisy understand arithmetic.
  • What did the children think Miss Daisy might secretly be?
    They thought she might be a bank robber, kidnapper, or fake teacher.
  • What happened after the children wrote words on the chalkboard?
    The chalkboard became completely full of words.
  • Why did Andrea Young sit “up real straight” in class?
    Because she was very polite and serious about school.
  • Why did A.J. become suspicious when Miss Daisy started talking about numbers again?
    Because he thought she was secretly trying to teach arithmetic again.
  • Why did everybody laugh when A.J. asked about Mrs. Cooney’s head?
    Because he asked about the diameter of her head in a funny way.
  • How did Andrea explain “4 × 4”?
    Andrea used crayons in four rows of four to explain it.
  • What did the boys want to turn the school into?
    They wanted to turn it into a video-game arcade.
  • What objects did Andrea and Michael use to explain multiplication?
    Andrea used crayons and Michael used pencils.
  • What did A.J. ask Principal Klutz about his head?
    He asked if all his hair fell out or if he shaved it off.
  • Why did the children promise to keep Miss Daisy’s secret?
    Because they liked Miss Daisy and did not want a strict “real” teacher.
  • What strange ideas did Billy tell A.J. about digging holes through the Earth?
    He said you could dig through the Earth to China and fly into outer space.
  • What did A.J. say about himself on the first day of school?
    He said: “My name is A.J. I like football and video games, and I hate school.”
  • What did A.J. want to become when he grows up?
    He wanted to become a famous football player.
  • What does Miss Daisy say she would rather do at home?
    She said she would rather sit on her couch, watch TV, and eat bonbons.
  • Why did all the children laugh after A.J. introduced himself?
    Because A.J. said that he hated school.
  • Why does A.J. think children do not need school?
    He thinks children can learn everything from TV.
  • How did Miss Daisy use football to teach arithmetic?
    She used football examples to teach halves, quarters, and numbers.
  • How did Miss Daisy connect football with arithmetic?
    She used football examples to explain halves, quarters, and numbers.
  • What did Miss Daisy not know how to spell?
    She did not know how to spell the word “read.”
  • Why did A.J. think the poster in Mrs. Cooney’s office was strange?
    Because he could not understand the words on it and thought it looked like a secret code.
  • What did Andrea Young want to become when she grows up?
    She wanted to become a veterinarian.
  • Why did the children think Miss Daisy was dumb?
    Because she did not understand arithmetic, reading, and spelling.
  • What did Lindsay want to become when she grew up?
    She wanted to become a singer.
  • What was Ryan’s “genius idea” during recess?
    His idea was to buy the school.
  • What did Mrs. Cooney measure in her office?
    She measured and weighed the children and other objects in the office.
  • What did Billy tell A.J. about the principal’s office?
    He said the principal’s office was a dungeon in the basement.
  • What did A.J. think might happen to the “real” teacher?
    He thought Miss Daisy might have tied the real teacher to railroad tracks.
  • Which words did A.J. write on the board?
    He wrote: “tonight,” “writing,” and “McDonald’s.”
  • What activities did the children do during recess?
    They played on the monkey bars, swings, and had a spinning contest.
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