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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?
(a) Wrote in a journal.
(b) Took a shower in the morning.
(c) Kept notes about her classroom.
(d) Talked to herself.
2. What did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class do to be scolded in Chapter 4?
(a) A crayon.
(b) Foul language.
(c) The drawing easel.
(d) Permanent marker on the wall.
3. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?
(a) Refusal to play with a white child.
(b) They clung to each other.
(c) They thought blacks were inadequate.
(d) They saw white's were better.
4. What was wrong with Fred?
(a) He had infantile speech.
(b) He was mean and ugly.
(c) He was mentality disabled.
(d) He was beaten at home.
5. Where did Mrs. Paley accept a job in Chapter 3?
(a) A private segregated school.
(b) A private integrated school.
(c) A public integrated school.
(d) A public segregated school.
6. What was Carol embarrassed of?
(a) Her Taiwanese speaking grandmother.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her backpack.
(d) Her clothes.
7. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her students.
(c) A student teacher.
(d) A collegue.
8. 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 ugly.
(d) Being a racist.
9. What did Mrs. Paley note she tended to have higher expectations for?
(a) Those with less economics.
(b) Those that are white.
(c) Those that are black.
(d) Those with higher economic background.
10. What did Mrs. Paley urge her student teacher to do?
(a) Take a job at an all white school.
(b) Go to the Peace Corp.
(c) Take a job at her school.
(d) Teach another age.
11. What did Mrs. Paley's actions encourage for her students to do in Chapter 5?
(a) To discuss racial issues.
(b) To explore their artistic side.
(c) To see each other as equal.
(d) To play nice.
12. What would Barbara ask everyone in the class?
(a) if they were black.
(b) If they were white.
(c) If they could sing.
(d) If they were Jewish.
13. What did one student suggest about all black people in Chapter 2?
(a) That all blacks her fat.
(b) That all blacks were poor.
(c) That all blacks ate fried food.
(d) That all blacks had grease in their hair.
14. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?
(a) A new teacher.
(b) A new loud white boy.
(c) A new loud black boy.
(d) A new loud girl.
15. What did Mrs. Paley continue to believe was needed in the classroom?
(a) Classrooms with mixed races.
(b) AC.
(c) Running water.
(d) Heat.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?
2. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?
3. What did Mrs. Paley question about her pleasure of the two students' friendship in Chapter 7?
4. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?
5. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?
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