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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. Magpie tells a story about a lonely princess who wished for what to come and help her?
2. Who draws a picture of Magpie and tapes it to the wall?
3. In Chapter 2, who comforts Beatrice after she cries and helps her feel accepted?
4. Magpie and Kareem discover that they are both what?
5. Besides Ben, what other child has decided Nelson should play an unflattering role during play?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Paley discover from talking to students about the "bosses" in play?
2. Following Magpie after the moving flowers over the mountain, what do they discover?
3. What was the point of play, according to Paley's students in Chapter 1?
4. Once the lonely princess is stranded and can not get back home from playing with the fairies, how does she end up getting home?
5. 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?
6. In Chapter 2, what does it mean when Annabella and the others hear a bell near the sea shore?
7. In Chapter 1 Paley's students argued about what the play rule should be and could not agree. Why?
8. What happens while Annabella is bedding down for the night during the journey to Tall Pines?
9. What did second graders tell Paley when she did her inquiry with them?
10. How were the second and third graders' responses to Paley's inquiries similar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Paley's students perception of the new play rule as "protection" in Chapter 4? Protection from what? Also discuss how these students view the fairness or lack thereof of the new play rule. Be specific, citing examples from the entire book.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of the blueberry bush leading the dragons out of the fog in Chapter 4 in relation to Paley's using the new rule and complementing story to help her students learn to include rather than exclude during play.
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