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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?

2. What did Mrs. Paley try after the incident with the young boy in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?

4. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what Mrs. Paley learned from Janet Albright.

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

3. What did Mrs. Paley limit Steven to and what was the result?

4. Discuss what Mrs. Paley's friend asked her in the preface.

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

6. Discuss what Mrs. Paley tried to use from her own experiences in connection to her student's.

7. Explain why Mrs. Paley decided to write "White Teacher."

8. Describe what Mrs. Paley struggled with that prompted her to write "White Teacher."

9. Describe Barbara.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mrs. Paley's perception of the apparent and natural isolation of the black and white students. How did this segregation support or refute the work and progress Mrs. Paley had made up until that point?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the boy's offensive t-shirt and how it showed that the children were introducing the derogatory terms. How did the children introducing the terms make it difficult for Mrs. Paley?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Claire Mireau suffered from and how that affected when she played with other children.

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