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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Mrs. Paley never have trouble chastising her student about using derogatory names?
(a) The west.
(b) Chicago.
(c) The south.
(d) The north.

4. What did Mrs. Paley often struggle with when she was teaching?
(a) How to deal with racial differences.
(b) How to discipline.
(c) How to maintain control of the classroom.
(d) How to teach spelling.

5. What was Mrs. Paley's plan to try after the incident in Chapter 4 with the young boy?
(a) Ignoring the good behavior.
(b) Ignoring the bad behavior.
(c) Praising the poor behavior.
(d) Praising the good behavior and ignoring the poor behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her new job in Chapter 3?

3. What did Mrs. Paley desire in her new job?

4. What happened after Mrs. Paley's limited the young boy in Chapter 5?

5. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

(see the answer key)

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