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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. Who did Sylvia play with who would not hesitate to kick her out of their game?

2. What were the students Mrs. Paley overheard hesitant to do?

3. What did outside behaviors influence?

4. What did the class act out together?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Discuss what Claire struggled with and why.

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

5. Describe how the black students use the word "black."

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

7. Discuss what Claire was a victim of.

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

9. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for Claire?

10. What was Rena obsessed with?

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

Describe what the term "stepsister" meant to the black students. Do you think they were conscious or subconscious of its derogatory meaning in other forms?

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