A Test Before Trying/Quotes


 * Edna: Children, we can no longer afford to use anything electric. However, we will still be able to watch today's film, thanks to the magic of potato power.


 * Gary Chalmers: Look, the district can't afford to keep every school open, so all the kids will take a standardized test. Whichever school scores the lowest will be closed forever.
 * Seymour Skinner: So you're saying, if our kids don't pass this test, you're shutting down Springfield Elementary?


 * Homer: And I wish that Mr. Teeny gets a banana, that the Isotopes emerge from this season with a great blooper reel. I wish that wishing wells worked so I wasn't tossing my money away and that Marge loves me forever no matter what stupid things I do.


 * Lisa: Look, the thing is, it's more important to know how to take a test than knowing what's on it. So do the ones you know first. If you don't know one, guess "B" and move on. Now, what is the capital of Massachusetts?
 * Bart: Uh, "B"?
 * Lisa: Very good.


 * Marge: Excuse me, you're that proctor that's shutting down my children's school.
 * Jennifer Clarkeson: I don't shut anything down. People cut their own heads, and I just tip 'em into the basket.