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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. According to Magpie in Chapter 1, how many children live in the Kingdom that he calls home?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

2. Paley looked back at discussions with her students and decided that play develops ____ and that this also develops out of play.
(a) Competition.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Friendship.

3. Who raises Magpie?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Ananbella.
(c) Beatrix.
(d) Sylvia.

4. According to Magpie's story when can the lonely princess be with the child?
(a) Only at night.
(b) During the day.
(c) All the time.
(d) At dawn and dusk only.

5. Another Paley student, Nelson, said that who won't let him play?
(a) Angelo.
(b) Alex.
(c) Neil.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paley told her class a story to help them ___ the new rule.

2. In Annabella's castle, singing used to attract what?

3. At sundown, what does the lonely princess lose, according to magpie's story?

4. In Magpie's story, on what day does the lonely princess forget the rules while she is with her new friends?

5. According to Paley in Chapter 1, some of the children believed that the point of play was to show what?

(see the answer key)

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