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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 and Kareem discover that they are both what?

2. After forgetting the rules, how does the now sad princess in Magpie's story in Chapter 1 get home?

3. Paley left her seemingly unhappy and stressed classroom to go to ___ to speak about happy classrooms.

4. Why are the ship's crew and captain upset, as Annabella and her father learn once aboard?

5. Beatrix is a __ who saved Magpie's life.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Paley put up a sign with a new rule for play, and what was her the response of her class?

2. How were the second and third graders' responses to Paley's inquiries similar?

3. What do the tiny people tell Magpie and Annabella about the Seventh mountain?

4. In Chapter 1 Paley's students argued about what the play rule should be and could not agree. Why?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Magpie do to help the people deal with a crying flower prince and how does flower prince respond?

6. In Chapter 1, Magpie tells a story. What is it about?

7. What did Paley discover from talking to students about the "bosses" in play?

8. When speaking in Arizona, Paley discovered two ways teachers handled the rejection involved in play. What are they?

9. Following Magpie after the moving flowers over the mountain, what do they discover?

10. According to details in Chapter 1, how are Annabella and Alexandra different in appearance from each other?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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