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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Mrs. Paley when she moved back to Chicago?
(a) She had her first black boss.
(b) She had her first all black class.
(c) She had her first mixed class.
(d) She had her first black student.

2. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?
(a) Theme of Civil Rights.
(b) Theme of equality.
(c) Theme of equal rights.
(d) Theme of racial difference.

3. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?
(a) Private schools.
(b) Integrated schools.
(c) Europe.
(d) The ghetto.

4. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?
(a) Why she talked so much about black children.
(b) Why she was Jewish.
(c) Why she was white.
(d) Why she wanted to teach black children.

5. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?
(a) Mixed schools.
(b) Private schools.
(c) Poor schools.
(d) White schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her place in society by the end of Chapter 2?

2. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

3. What did Mrs. Paley note about her class after she received advice in Chapter 2?

4. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?

5. What did Mrs. Paley often struggle with when she was teaching?

(see the answer key)

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