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

2. How did Mrs. Paley react to the exclusion in Chapter 17?
(a) Proud.
(b) Worried.
(c) Happy.
(d) Concerned.

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

4. Who did Mrs. Paley have in her class in Chapter 11?
(a) A scared girl.
(b) A brave and loud young boy.
(c) Claire Mireau.
(d) Twins.

5. How did Kenny gain confidence?
(a) Drawing his own picture.
(b) Making his own costume.
(c) Writing his own poem.
(d) Making his own dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mrs. Paley concerned about in her classroom by Chapter 12?

2. Who did Claire have to develop her own imagination with?

3. What ethnicity were the parents of the child mentioned in Chapter 11?

4. What did the child in Chapter 11 refuse to do?

5. Who made it easier for Mrs. Paley to say black in the classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what Claire struggled with and why.

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

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

4. Discuss what Claire was a victim of.

5. Describe Ayana.

6. Describe what developed at the end of Chapter 13 in Mrs. Paley's classroom.

7. How did the other girls treat Sylvia when they played games?

8. How did Kenny behave in class compared to out of class?

9. Describe Claire Mireau.

10. How did the class react to Sylvia's absence?

(see the answer keys)

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