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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Lupe get mad at Pancho?He said theirs was just a “summer romance”He wouldn’t help her studyHe wouldn’t fix her father’s carHe broke up with her right before the prom
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow many students received a failing grade on the first administration of the AP calculus exam?123none
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these students cheated on the AP?PanchoAnnaJohnnynone of them
- 4. Multiple ChoiceNear the end of the film, what did the secretary tell Jaime Escalante had finally arrived?the new radio for his carthe computersthe new AP Calc textbookshis paycheck
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Anna leave the second AP early?she was sicka family member diedshe had a college interview at USCshe had to work in her father’s restaurant
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In the scene shown here, Jaime Escalante told the ETS investigatorthat he accepted their decisionwhat Escalante would do if he met him on the streetthat only “burros” could get perfect scores on the APhe found out who had cheated - 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat caused Angel to say, "I strangled him. His body's
decomposing in my locker"?he killed a robberhe jokingly confessed to having stolen the examhe hazed a freshman and it went too farhe killed a frog before dissecting it in Biology class - 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the students do to celebrate after taking the first AP?they got drunkthey swam in the oceanburned their math booksthrew a party at Escalante’s house
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat 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 damaging Pancho’s transmission by incorrectly shifting gearsI onlyII onlyII and III onlyI, II and III - 10. Multiple ChoiceWhen Claudia asked her mother to sign the contract that would allow her to take calculus, her mother told herthat Newton was the one who invented calculusthat she could make more money as a hairstylistthat she preferred Claudia raise a family with a nice man on whom she could dependthat boys don’t like girls who are too smart
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Anna have to temporarily drop out of school?she thought she was pregnantshe was sickshe had to take care of her sick abuelitaher father needed her to work for him
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHow did Escalante use apples in class?as a treatto teach fractionsto demonstrate gravityto teach about the dangers of a sharp of knife
- 13. Multiple ChoiceGive an example of a problem that can be calculated using the "finger" method.3 x 9 = 276 x 4 = 248 x 8 = 640 x 5 = 0
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow did Escalante explain negative numbers?bills and checksdegrees above and below zerodigging and filling holesgiving and taking away money
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Mr. Escalante give the students during summer school when they get fatigue?WaterGateradeOrangeBanana
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