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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. Who encourages the girls to invite Raymond over?
(a) Annabella's father.
(b) Beatrix.
(c) Magpie.
(d) Alexandra's father.

2. Besides Annabella, who accompanies Magpie when Magpie goes to rescue the small child from the eagle?
(a) Orange Anther.
(b) Orangerio.
(c) Orange Flower.
(d) Oranger.

3. How many kids from Paley's class seemed happy about this new rule?
(a) 1.
(b) 21.
(c) 4.
(d) 18.

4. What do the girls ask Beatrice to do to Raymond?
(a) Tie his shoe laces together.
(b) Turn him into a frog.
(c) Make him bald.
(d) Make him disappear.

5. Who plots and digs a hole for Annabella to get trapped in?
(a) The flower prince.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Beatrix.
(d) Raymond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paley looked back at discussions with her students and decided that play develops ____ and that this also develops out of play.

2. After Magpie finished telling a story to the flower prince, the flower prince laughed and gave Magpie what?

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

4. Who is not there to meet Annabella and her father when they arrive on shore at Magpie's Kingdom home?

5. What is the name of the Kingdom from which Magpie has come?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What convinces Annabella and Prince Kareem to accompany Magpie to his Kingdom home?

3. When speaking in Arizona, Paley discovered two ways teachers handled the rejection involved in play. What are they?

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

5. In Chapter 1, how did Paley go about getting her students to accept this new play rule?

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

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

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

9. How were the second and third graders' responses to Paley's inquiries similar?

10. One general lesson Paley drew about play in Chapter 1 dealt with friendship. Explain.

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