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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when she decides to set out to thwart this practice of "You can't play?"

2. Another Paley student, Nelson, said that who won't let him play?

3. In Chapter 1 what deceased person does Prince Kareem refer when answering Magpie?

4. What common practice among small children did the author hope to stop with her experiment?

5. How do Annabella and Prince Kareem travel to Magpie's Kingdom home?

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. Magpie and Annabella offer to help rescue the flower prince. What happens with the rescue?

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

4. According to Paley what social practice happens daily, and how did Angelo relate to this statement?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, Paley observes the evolving rule in relation to students learning democratic procedures; adapting the rule to cover story-telling; and no longer looking for loopholes. Discuss each of these results. How they came to be and how they affect the students and the rule itself. Citing details from previous chapters may be helpful.

Essay Topic 2

How does the behavior of the girls against Raymond in Chapter 2 illustrate the behavior of students in the classroom, like Paley's class, and how does the girls behavior demonstrate the behavior Paley wants to discourage with her new play rule.

Essay Topic 3

How does or could Paley's new rule resolve or prevent certain issues that arise in the imaginary story? Cite several specific examples and provide supporting details.

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