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

2. Under a ___ tree Magpie watches two people argue about him after his birth.
(a) Oak.
(b) Maple.
(c) Pine.
(d) Fir.

3. With a hoarse voice in Chapter 1, Paley went off to speak where?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Washington State.
(d) Texas.

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

5. In Chapter 1 what deceased person does Prince Kareem refer when answering Magpie?
(a) The King.
(b) His wife.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Maruska?

2. Who plots and digs a hole for Annabella to get trapped in?

3. What color is the bird that comes to help the lonely princess in Magpie's story in Chapter 1?

4. What grade, during Paley's inquiries in Chapter 2, thought the new play rule would work on Paley's class but not them because it was too late?

5. At the end of Chapter 2, Paley's story revealed that this person was the thief from the ship.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the point of play, according to Paley's students in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 2 we are introduced to Raymond. Who is he?

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

9. In Magpie's story why is it important for the lonely princess to only play with the fairy child during the day, and what happens when she forgets this rule?

10. Beatrice overhears Annabella and Alexandra agreeing to be friends, and does what about this, and why?

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