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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 the person who came to talk to Rena tell her in Chapter 1?

2. Whose favorite story did the class act out together?

3. Who came to class to talk to Rena in Chapter 21?

4. What did Mrs. Paley wonder about the situation in Chapter 15?

5. What had developed in the classroom by Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what Claire struggled with and why.

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

3. Describe the doll corner in Chapter 17.

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

5. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for Claire?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe what Joyce claimed to be.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the class activity of acting out The Three Billy Goat's Gruff united them and brought them together like a family.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Mrs. Paley highlighting racial differences did for her classroom, her black students, and herself.

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