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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Sylvia play with who would not hesitate to kick her out of their game?
(a) Everyone.
(b) The boys.
(c) The girls.
(d) No one.

2. Who impacted the children's opinions of race?
(a) Their parents.
(b) No one.
(c) Mrs. Paley.
(d) Themselves.

3. What was the girl's personality like in Chapter 19 who Mrs. Paley observed?
(a) The leader of the mutiny of the doll corner.
(b) The follower.
(c) Scared.
(d) The dictator.

4. What did the visitor ask the child to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Go to recess.
(b) Play a game of take ball.
(c) Show him how to draw.
(d) Sing for him.

5. Why was the second girl surprised in Chapter 24?
(a) To know he didn't love them.
(b) To know white daddies leave too.
(c) To know he didn't come back.
(d) To know black daddies leave too.

6. What did Mrs. Paley do to Sylvia for hitting another student?
(a) Called her parents.
(b) Expelled her.
(c) Put her in dentention.
(d) Punished her.

7. What did the boy's parents agree to do in Chapter 14?
(a) To meet with the principal.
(b) To come in and meet Mrs. Paley to discuss the issue.
(c) To throw away the shirt.
(d) To not let the boy wear the offensive shirt again.

8. What was every picture of that Rena drew?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Trees.
(c) Her best friend who was black.
(d) Black characters.

9. Who did Sylvia later become friends with?
(a) Claire.
(b) Felice.
(c) Ayana.
(d) Stuart.

10. What did Sylvia need to learn?
(a) Self control.
(b) Restraint.
(c) Love.
(d) Respect.

11. What happened to the child that had difficulties in Chapter 11 by Chapter 12?
(a) Claire began to sing.
(b) Chaire began to read.
(c) Claire began to have friends.
(d) Claire began speaking to children.

12. Who came to class to talk to Rena in Chapter 21?
(a) A mother of a white student.
(b) A mother.
(c) A father of a white student.
(d) A mother of a black student.

13. What did Claire come dressed as in Chapter 22?
(a) A princess.
(b) A witch.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A frog.

14. When did Mrs. Paley first see Kenny?
(a) At school.
(b) At the movies.
(c) In the spring.
(d) During the summer.

15. Who came to the classroom in Chapter 15?
(a) A black girl's father.
(b) A white girl's father.
(c) A black boy's father.
(d) A white girl's mither.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose favorite story did the class act out together?

2. What was the boy wearing in Mrs. Paley's classroom in Chapter 14?

3. Who did Mrs. Paley have in her class in Chapter 11?

4. What did the activity of acting out the story do for the class?

5. How did Kenny appear to be when Mrs. Paley first met him?

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