You Can't Say You Can't Play Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Vivian Paley
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

You Can't Say You Can't Play Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Vivian Paley
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 draws a picture of Magpie and tapes it to the wall?
(a) Prince Kareem.
(b) Magpie.
(c) Annabella.
(d) Alexandra.

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?
(a) 5th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 3rd.

3. As Raymond leaves to see his mother, who follows Raymond?
(a) Annabella.
(b) Magpie.
(c) Beatrix.
(d) Alexandra.

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

5. As the journey to Magpie's Kingdom home reaches the sea, they realize they are about to miss the ship because they hear what in the distance?
(a) Bell.
(b) Cheers.
(c) Gunfire.
(d) Cannon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, who comforts Beatrice after she cries and helps her feel accepted?

2. Running alongside Magpie down a mountain, following a crisis, Annabella and Magpie discover an eagle has stolen what from some tiny people?

3. In Annabella's castle, singing used to attract what?

4. What do the girls ask Beatrice to do to Raymond?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. After Magpie shares the story of the lonely princess, how does Annabella respond?

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

5. What do the tiny people tell Magpie and Annabella about the Seventh mountain?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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