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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, You Can't Play, The Habit of Rejection.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paley left her seemingly unhappy and stressed classroom to go to ___ to speak about happy classrooms.
(a) Arizona.
(b) Canada.
(c) Vermont.
(d) West Virginia.

2. In the story about the lonely princess, the bird helps the princess find a ___ child.
(a) Elfin.
(b) Fairy.
(c) Leprechaun.
(d) Dwarf.

3. At sundown, what does the lonely princess lose, according to magpie's story?
(a) Her wings.
(b) Her magic.
(c) Her eyesight.
(d) Her hearing.

4. In Chapter 1, who wondered whether Paley had the authority to change the rules of play?
(a) Her peers.
(b) Her students.
(c) The parents.
(d) Her Principal.

5. Magpie and Kareem discover that they are both what?
(a) Book readers.
(b) Happy.
(c) Story tellers.
(d) Lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Magpie asks Annabella and Prince Kareem why they live where there are no ____, if they like them so much.

3. Which one of Paley's student's did not understand the Magpie story, and Paley explained about the Magpie in her mind?

4. Magpie tells a story about a lonely princess who wished for what to come and help her?

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

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