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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. Paley feel about the young boy's actions in her class in Chapter 4?
(a) Smarter.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Attacked.
(d) Belittled.

2. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?
(a) Black children.
(b) Her own children.
(c) European children.
(d) White children.

3. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?
(a) A walk-a-thon.
(b) Civil rights protests.
(c) Advocating interracial schooling.
(d) A cake walk.

4. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?
(a) No one.
(b) The student teacher.
(c) Herself.
(d) The principle.

5. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?
(a) Ignored it.
(b) Sent him to the office.
(c) Yelled at him.
(d) Praised it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?

2. What did Mrs. Paley try after the incident with the young boy in Chapter 4?

3. What was Mrs. Paley's plan to try after the incident in Chapter 4 with the young boy?

4. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?

5. How many more black children were placed in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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