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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. Who trains the baby dragon in Magpie's story?

2. Who gives permission for the dragon to drink the water?

3. Who tells Raymond to do bad things on purpose?

4. In Chapter 3 Raymond becomes so frustrated that he cries out for who?

5. Back in the imaginary story, who reveals running away from home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did problems arise with the new play rule and story telling?

2. How did Paley respond to her students/ concerns in Chapter 3?

3. Back in the classroom in Chapter 3, what suggestion did Lisa have about Beatrice's frustration/jealousy?

4. In Chapter 3, when Magpie ended his story inspired by Raymond, how did Raymond respond?

5. What did the fifth graders in Chapter 4 tell Paley about the new play rule?

6. Why did some of Paley's student's reference Raymond from the imaginary story in the beginning of Chapter 3?

7. Who arrives during Raymond's initiated pretend play and what does this person request?

8. In Magpie's story, inspired by Raymond, why is the father sad?

9. In Chapter 3, when Raymond announces he wants to play pretend, who joins him?

10. How are the dragons encouraged to to explore the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Prince Kareem's character in the imaginary story compare and contrast to Paley's role in her classroom in regards to children at play?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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