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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 do to Sylvia for hitting another student?

2. What did Sylvia need to learn?

3. What did Mrs. Paley force the girls to do in Chapter 17?

4. What did the activity of acting out the story do for the class?

5. Where did the child begin working in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Ayana.

5. Describe Sylvia.

6. Describe Claire Mireau.

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

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

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

10. Describe the doll corner in Chapter 17.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Claire finally assimilated into the behaviors and nuances of the classroom.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Mrs. Paley concluded about her progress on the research in her classroom. Do you think Mrs. Paley felt satisfied by her work and attempts to dissolve segregation and racism in the youth of the Civil Rights era?

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