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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the girl announce in Chapter 24?
(a) She hated white kids.
(b) She hated black kids.
(c) She was sick.
(d) Her father had left her family.

2. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?
(a) Focus on the behvaior.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Praise race in the classroom.
(d) Ignore race in the classroom.

3. What kind of club did Barbara organize?
(a) A White one.
(b) A Jewish one.
(c) A Catholic one.
(d) A Black one.

4. What did Mrs. Paley question about her pleasure of the two students' friendship in Chapter 7?
(a) Arlene's intelligence.
(b) Who was a better student.
(c) Mary Anne's intelligence.
(d) Why she cared about this friendship.

5. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?
(a) Being an only child.
(b) Being a Jewish child.
(c) Being a racist.
(d) Being ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with Fred?

2. Who came to the classroom in Chapter 15?

3. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?

4. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?

5. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for the child to do after school in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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