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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 outside behaviors influence?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for Claire?

9. Describe Claire Mireau.

10. Describe what Joyce claimed to be.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Claire Mireau suffered from and how that affected when she played with other children.

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