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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The tiny people reveal they are usually safe, except when they climb which mountain?
(a) Unlucky.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Mysterious.

2. While other students in Paley's class create pictures of various story characters, Lisa drew which character?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Annabella.
(c) Beatrix.
(d) Magpie.

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

4. What common practice among small children did the author hope to stop with her experiment?
(a) Rejection.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Attitudes.
(d) Habits.

5. In Paley's mind, the Magpie helped her by flying around the castle how many times?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Annabella and her father live once they are in Magpie's Kingdom home?

2. Which grade, during Paley's inquiries in Chapter 2, insisted that they have become too mean to use the new rule and think it should be introduced earlier?

3. Clara, one of Paley's students, said she is rejected by whom?

4. Why are the ship's crew and captain upset, as Annabella and her father learn once aboard?

5. Who almost steps on Magpie after his birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens while Annabella is bedding down for the night during the journey to Tall Pines?

2. According to details in Chapter 1, how are Annabella and Alexandra different in appearance from each other?

3. Following Magpie after the moving flowers over the mountain, what do they discover?

4. In Chapter 1, Magpie tells a story. What is it about?

5. In Chapter 1 Paley's students argued about what the play rule should be and could not agree. Why?

6. What did Paley discover from talking to students about the "bosses" in play?

7. How did the second graders respond when Paley asked them about having bosses during play?

8. What does Kareem tell Annabella about the flowers that close up after she tried to pick them in the desert?

9. Why weren't Paley's students as excited as Annabella about new kids with whom they can play?

10. In reviewing her notes, before speaking in Arizona, Paley noticed that her students had expressed what reasons for opposing the rule?

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