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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of the two boys who became friends although didn't remain friends?
(a) They broke the segregation that had always existed before.
(b) They learned about another race in that time.
(c) They expanded their friendship to include all races.
(d) They ended up hating eachother.

2. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?
(a) Racial appreciations.
(b) Racial inequalities.
(c) Intelligence of the speaker.
(d) Knowledge of the speaker.

3. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?
(a) The hallway.
(b) By the trashcan.
(c) Time out corner.
(d) Time out chair.

4. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Advocated racism.
(c) Robbed her of what made her special.
(d) Created racism.

5. What had developed in the classroom by Chapter 12?
(a) Racism.
(b) A white clique.
(c) Relationships.
(d) A black clique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the child in Chapter 11 refuse to do?

2. What did Mrs. Paley's actions encourage for her students to do in Chapter 5?

3. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?

4. What did Mrs. Paley wonder after Sylvia hits another student?

5. Who was the child forbidden to play with in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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