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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. After forgetting the rules, how does the now sad princess in Magpie's story in Chapter 1 get home?
(a) Flying geese.
(b) River of tears.
(c) Wind gusts.
(d) Magic leaves.

2. Magpie asks Annabella and Prince Kareem why they live where there are no ____, if they like them so much.
(a) Trees.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Birds.
(d) People.

3. What is the name of the tiny people's Queen?
(a) Orangelina.
(b) Fleurise.
(c) Tangerine.
(d) Thumbelina.

4. Why was Angelo sad in Chapter 1?
(a) He dreamed of being alone.
(b) His best friend moved.
(c) He forgot his toy for show and tell.
(d) He forgot the rule.

5. Who reinforced the loneliness of outcast students, according to Paley in Chapter 1?
(a) Administrators.
(b) Parents.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After leaving the tiny flower people, Annabella, her father, and Magpie leave and cross the ___ mountain.

3. In the story Magpie told to the flower prince, what does the eagle steal?

4. Whom does the flower prince love?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, we find out that the teachers were interested in Paley's new play rule, but didn't realize what?

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

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

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