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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did outside behaviors influence?
(a) Everyone's attitudes.
(b) The classroom behaviors.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The personal behaviors.

3. What did Mrs. Paley observe in her class in Chapter 17?
(a) How everyone got along
(b) The relationships.
(c) The social dynamics.
(d) The fairness of their games.

4. How did Kenny act in the classroom?
(a) Confident.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Clumsy and insecure.
(d) Happy.

5. What did the other girl want to know about the girl who made the announcement in Chapter 24?
(a) If her dad was black too.
(b) Why he left.
(c) Where he went.
(d) If her dad was white too.

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

7. How did the child play the game with the visitor?
(a) Shyly.
(b) Confidently.
(c) Boldly.
(d) Like an expert.

8. Who was the child forbidden to play with in Chapter 11?
(a) Everyone.
(b) White children.
(c) Black children.
(d) No one.

9. What was the boy wearing in Mrs. Paley's classroom in Chapter 14?
(a) An offensive t shirt.
(b) Bagggy jeans.
(c) A gang shirt.
(d) Visible underwear.

10. Who did Mrs. Paley question about the child's issue in Chapter 11?
(a) The child.
(b) Her father.
(c) No one.
(d) Her mother.

11. What did the activity of acting out the story do for the class?
(a) Made them separate.
(b) Connected them.
(c) Made them one big community.
(d) Made them equal.

12. What did Mrs. Paley wonder after Sylvia hits another student?
(a) If the girl's father was right.
(b) Why Sylvia hit another girl.
(c) Where Sylvia lacks attention.
(d) If Sylvia will ever calm down.

13. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with in Chapter 19?
(a) Felice's mother.
(b) Felice's father.
(c) No one.
(d) Her own mom.

14. Where was the first time this child ever spoke to Mrs. Paley?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) AIn the courtyard.
(c) Boland Pond.
(d) Recess.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who caused another student nightmares in the class?

2. What did Mrs. Paley do to Sylvia for hitting another student?

3. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for the child to do after school in Chapter 11?

4. What was Sylvia's personality?

5. What would Ayana often smooth over?

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