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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 Mrs. Paley arrange for the child to do after school in Chapter 11?

2. What did Claire come dressed as in Chapter 22?

3. How did Kenny appear to be when Mrs. Paley first met him?

4. Who impacted the children's opinions of race?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the doll corner in Chapter 17.

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

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

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

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

6. What was Rena obsessed with?

7. Describe what Joyce claimed to be.

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

9. Describe Claire Mireau.

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

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

Describe how Mrs. Paley finally gained her first black student's trust and what that meant for Mrs. Paley as a teacher.

Essay Topic 3

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

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