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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, You Can't Play, The Habit of Rejection.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, who wondered whether Paley had the authority to change the rules of play?
(a) Her students.
(b) Her peers.
(c) The parents.
(d) Her Principal.

2. Who is Maruska?
(a) Alexandra's friend.
(b) Paley's teaching assistant.
(c) Kareem's wife.
(d) Annabella's doll.

3. Which one of Paley's student's did not understand the Magpie story, and Paley explained about the Magpie in her mind?
(a) Angelo.
(b) Alberto.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Ben.

4. Magpie and Kareem discover that they are both what?
(a) Story tellers.
(b) Book readers.
(c) Happy.
(d) Lonely.

5. Clara, one of Paley's students, said she is rejected by whom?
(a) Angelo and Cynthia.
(b) Lisa and Ben.
(c) Alex and Lisa.
(d) Cynthia and Lisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___ flowers close up when Annabella reaches to pluck one for her father.

2. Magpie tells a story about a lonely princess who wished for what to come and help her?

3. How many students were in Paley's kindergarten class when she posts her sign changing the rules of play?

4. How many kids from Paley's class seemed happy about this new rule?

5. Who raises Magpie?

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