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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. In Magpie's story to the flower prince, the hero boy threw stinging liquid back at what creature?
(a) Mean Magpie.
(b) Giant Eagle.
(c) Dragon.
(d) Sea Serpant.

2. In Chapter 2, who comforts Beatrice after she cries and helps her feel accepted?
(a) Magpie.
(b) Annabella.
(c) Prince Kareem.
(d) Mary Louise.

3. What surprises Prince Kareem about Magpie?
(a) Magpie can't fly.
(b) Magpie speaks.
(c) Magpie's color.
(d) Magpie dreams.

4. Once night falls on the journey to Magpie's Kingdom Home, they stop for the night, and Annabella spies what as she prepares her bed?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Dragons.

5. In a news story Magpie tells the flower prince, the hero boy defeats a lizard with what?
(a) Flower stem.
(b) Plaited Petal.
(c) Starched stamen.
(d) Thorn sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, who wondered whether Paley had the authority to change the rules of play?

2. When Annabella and her father reach the shore for Magpie's Kingdom home who is there to greet them besides Alexandra?

3. Magpie and Kareem discover that they are both what?

4. Magpie asks Raymond to help him rescue what animal?

5. Under a ___ tree Magpie watches two people argue about him after his birth.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, how did teachers reinforce loneliness in children?

3. What did second graders tell Paley when she did her inquiry with them?

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

5. In Chapter 2, what does Magpie do to help the people deal with a crying flower prince and how does flower prince respond?

6. In Chapter 2, what does it mean when Annabella and the others hear a bell near the sea shore?

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

8. What did Paley realize about Lisa back in the classroom, in Chapter 2?

9. Why did Paley put up a sign with a new rule for play, and what was her the response of her class?

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

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