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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. What did Joyce claim to be in Chapter 17?

2. Who was excluded in Chapter 17?

3. What did the girl announce in Chapter 24?

4. What did the other girl want to know about the girl who made the announcement in Chapter 24?

5. What did the boy's parents agree to do in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rena obsessed with?

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

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

4. Describe Claire Mireau.

5. Describe Anna, the leader of the mutiny from the doll corner.

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

7. Describe Sylvia.

8. Describe Ayana.

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

10. Describe the father of the student who had nightmares and what he believed was the cause.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the black clique in Chapter 13 is an example of the book's theme of exclusion of whites in a world that excludes blacks.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the boy's offensive t-shirt and how it showed that the children were introducing the derogatory terms. How did the children introducing the terms make it difficult for Mrs. Paley?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Mrs. Paley associated intelligence to a person's economic status and what she realized about her assumptions. How is this a form of prejudice in Mrs. Paley?

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