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

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

3. Clara, one of Paley's students, said she is rejected by whom?

4. According to Magpie's story when can the lonely princess be with the child?

5. In a news story Magpie tells the flower prince, the hero boy defeats a lizard with what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, Magpie tells a story. What is it about?

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

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

6. Once the lonely princess is stranded and can not get back home from playing with the fairies, how does she end up getting home?

7. What did Paley discover from talking to students about the "bosses" in 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. Following Magpie after the moving flowers over the mountain, what do they discover?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Angelo told Paley about his dream of being alone and that he was sad because of this. Annabella is found sad, alone, with her doll and refuses help. Compare and contrast similarities between these "outcasts," Angelo and Annabella.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 1, Paley led her class into a discussion about understanding rejection during play. The students engaged and talked about when they have been rejected; and how they felt for themselves and other students. How do the students comments during this discussion illustrate their understanding of rejection during play, and do any of their comments address Paley's question of whether such rejection is fair, considering that the classroom is the property of all the students.

Essay Topic 3

How effective is the Magpie story initiated by Paley, in Chapter 1, in engaging students in a dialogue about the rejection in play, and helping them connect with others so they feel a need to use Paley's new rule? Specifically discuss how several of the students change and/or remain the same after hearing the story and the surrounding discussions.

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