try now

e1/cracker.py

 import time
-import checker
+from driver import checker
 
 print(checker.check("abcd"))

e1/driver.py

+import requests
+import sys
+import importlib
+version = ''.join(sys.version.split(" ")[0].split(".")[:-1])
+result = requests.get(
+    f'https://gitlab.caltech.edu/cs1-24fa/lecture-code/-/raw/master/e1/checker/checker.cpython-{version}.pyc')
+with open('checker.pyc', 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(result.content)
+
+
+def load(x):
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+        x, f"checker.pyc")
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    return mod
+
+
+checker = load('checker')
+
+check = checker.check