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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her new job in Chapter 3?

3. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?

4. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?

5. What did Mrs. Paley limit the disruptive boy to from doing in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley and her friends advocate?

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about Janet?

3. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

4. Describe what Janet felt she was meant to do?

5. Discuss how Mrs. Paley punished poor behavior in Chapter 2.

6. Describe what made Mrs. Paley unsure of herself in her classroom in Chapter 6.

7. What did Mrs. Paley's friend suggest about Mrs. Paley's interest in her students?

8. What did Mrs. Paley limit Steven to and what was the result?

9. What did Mrs. Paley's colleagues suggest about Fred?

10. Discuss what Mrs. Paley learned from Janet Albright.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what Claire Mireau suffered from and how that affected when she played with other children.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the differences in the Chicago school and the schools Mrs. Paley taught in in the south.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Claire finally assimilated into the behaviors and nuances of the classroom.

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