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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 was the visitor curious about in Chapter 12?

2. How did Kenny act in the classroom?

3. What did the girls do when Mrs. Paley forced the other girl to be included?

4. What was Claire a victim of?

5. What did outside behaviors influence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what Joyce claimed to be.

3. Describe the doll corner in Chapter 17.

4. What was Rena obsessed with?

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

6. Discuss what Claire struggled with and why.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what Felice's father wanted Mrs. Paley to do and why he believed this would solve his daughter's nightmares. How did Mrs. Paley react to this request made by Felice's father?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mrs. Paley's perception of the apparent and natural isolation of the black and white students. How did this segregation support or refute the work and progress Mrs. Paley had made up until that point?

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