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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?
(a) A mixed race school.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Chicago.

2. What did Mrs. Paley desire in her new job?
(a) Equality.
(b) An end to racism.
(c) A more accurate reflection of the world outside the classroom.
(d) More money.

3. Who was the smartest girl in the class in Chapter 7?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Arlene.
(c) Claire.
(d) Mary Anne.

4. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?
(a) Steve.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Steven.
(d) Roger.

5. What was Carol embarrassed of?
(a) Her Taiwanese speaking grandmother.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Her backpack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "White Teacher" approach in its content?

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

3. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?

4. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?

5. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Paley's first black student.

2. Compare and contrast Chicago schools to the southern schools Mrs. Paley taught in.

3. Describe what the black parent in Chapter 3 said about ignoring racial differences.

4. What did Mrs. Paley and her friends advocate?

5. What did Arlene and Mary Ann discover in Chapter 7?

6. Describe Barbara.

7. Discuss how Mrs. Paley punished poor behavior in Chapter 2.

8. What did ignoring racial differences eventually do in Mrs. Paley's classroom?

9. What did Mrs. Paley want to achieve in her classroom from the protests?

10. What did Mrs. Paley's colleagues suggest about Fred?

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