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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose conversation did Mrs. Paley overhear in Chapter 21?
(a) A couple of boys.
(b) A couple of black girls.
(c) No one's.
(d) A couple of white girls.

2. How did Kenny appear to be when Mrs. Paley first met him?
(a) Strong.
(b) Weak.
(c) Sad.
(d) Confident.

3. What ethnicity were the parents of the child mentioned in Chapter 11?
(a) Korean.
(b) West Indian.
(c) Caucasion.
(d) African American.

4. What did Sylvia need to learn?
(a) Restraint.
(b) Self control.
(c) Respect.
(d) Love.

5. Who made it easier for Mrs. Paley to say black in the classroom?
(a) The children.
(b) The principal.
(c) The parents.
(d) Her mom.

6. Why was the second girl surprised in Chapter 24?
(a) To know he didn't love them.
(b) To know black daddies leave too.
(c) To know white daddies leave too.
(d) To know he didn't come back.

7. What happened at the beginning of Chapter 11 for Mrs. Paley?
(a) She began a new school year.
(b) She was moved to principal.
(c) She switched schools.
(d) She got married.

8. Who impacted the children's opinions of race?
(a) Mrs. Paley.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their parents.
(d) No one.

9. What was the girl's personality like in Chapter 19 who Mrs. Paley observed?
(a) Scared.
(b) The dictator.
(c) The follower.
(d) The leader of the mutiny of the doll corner.

10. Who monopolized an area of the classroom in Chapter 17?
(a) A group of four black girls.
(b) A group of five black girls.
(c) A group of five white girls.
(d) A group of three black girls.

11. How did Kenny act in the classroom?
(a) Clumsy and insecure.
(b) Confident.
(c) Happy.
(d) Energetic.

12. Who did Sylvia later become friends with?
(a) Claire.
(b) Felice.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Ayana.

13. Who came to class to talk to Rena in Chapter 21?
(a) A father of a white student.
(b) A mother of a black student.
(c) A mother.
(d) A mother of a white student.

14. Who did Mrs. Paley observe in her class in Chapter 17?
(a) The girls in the classroom.
(b) The boys in the classroom.
(c) The girls in the doll corner.
(d) The different cliques.

15. What did the child in Chapter 11 refuse to do?
(a) Go to the bathroom.
(b) Play with other children.
(c) Sing.
(d) Draw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the child forbidden to play with in Chapter 11?

2. What did the child who had difficulties in Chapter 11 agree to do by Chapter 12?

3. What did the visitor ask the child to do in Chapter 12?

4. What did Claire come dressed as in Chapter 22?

5. Who came to the classroom in Chapter 15?

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