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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was monopolized that year in Chapter 17?
(a) The doll corner.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The card station.
(d) The drawing easels.

3. What did Joyce claim to be in Chapter 17?
(a) To be white.
(b) To be mixed.
(c) To be gay.
(d) To be lonely.

4. What was the visitor curious about in Chapter 12?
(a) The doll corner.
(b) The drawings on the wall.
(c) Claire.
(d) The game take ball.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Paley observe in Chapter 19?

2. What did Mrs. Paley wonder after Sylvia hits another student?

3. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with in Chapter 19?

4. Where was the first time this child ever spoke to Mrs. Paley?

5. What did the class act out together?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Paley feel influences children's opinions most?

2. Describe the announcement made by the little girls at the end of class in Chapter 24.

3. What did the class do together in Chapter 22?

4. Discuss what Claire was a victim of.

5. Describe Sylvia.

6. What was explained to Rena about races in family?

7. What did Claire finally begin to do in Chapter 12?

8. Describe what the boy's t shirt caused in Chapter 14.

9. What were the black girls hesitant to discuss in Chapter 21?

10. What was another result of the t shirt situation?

(see the answer keys)

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