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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 force the girls to do in Chapter 17?

2. What did the child who had difficulties in Chapter 11 agree to do by Chapter 12?

3. How did the child play the game with the visitor?

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

5. Who made it easier for Mrs. Paley to say black in the classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the class react to Sylvia's absence?

2. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for Claire?

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

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

5. Who does Mrs. Paley feel influences children's opinions most?

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

7. Describe the doll corner in Chapter 17.

8. Discuss what Claire struggled with and why.

9. Describe Sylvia.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Janet Albright and why she was so successful at soothing the children when they were uncomfortable or in pain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss what Mrs. Paley protested for and how it ultimately connected to her desire for her classroom. Explain what Mrs. Paley really wanted to accomplish in her classroom.

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