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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. Besides Ben, what other child has decided Nelson should play an unflattering role during play?
2. Who reinforced the loneliness of outcast students, according to Paley in Chapter 1?
3. Running alongside Magpie down a mountain, following a crisis, Annabella and Magpie discover an eagle has stolen what from some tiny people?
4. After Magpie finished telling a story to the flower prince, the flower prince laughed and gave Magpie what?
5. Which grade, during Paley's inquiries in Chapter 2, insisted that they have become too mean to use the new rule and think it should be introduced earlier?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 2, what does it mean when Annabella and the others hear a bell near the sea shore?
2. What does Kareem tell Annabella about the flowers that close up after she tried to pick them in the desert?
3. 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?
4. Why weren't Paley's students as excited as Annabella about new kids with whom they can play?
5. How were the second and third graders' responses to Paley's inquiries similar?
6. After Magpie shares the story of the lonely princess, how does Annabella respond?
7. Magpie and Annabella offer to help rescue the flower prince. What happens with the rescue?
8. According to details in Chapter 1, how are Annabella and Alexandra different in appearance from each other?
9. In Chapter 1, how did teachers reinforce loneliness in children?
10. Following Magpie after the moving flowers over the mountain, what do they discover?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Chapter 3, who is exempt from the new rule? Why is this person exempt? Should this person be exempt? How does this exemption affect the success of the new rule?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
How has implementation of the new rule affected the perceptions of the third and fifth grade students in last Chapter of the book? Include information from previous chapters that help define student perceptions before any changed perceptions.
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