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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was interesting about the other teacher's assumptions about Fred's problems?
(a) They were being really mean.
(b) They assumed he was retarded, like every other black student.
(c) They never assumed that about white children with the same problems.
(d) They were being really kind.

2. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?
(a) Black children.
(b) Her own children.
(c) European children.
(d) White children.

3. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) With recess.
(b) The school day ended.
(c) A trust grew between Mrs. Paley and Alma.
(d) The school day started.

4. Where did the child begin working in Chapter 12?
(a) Art tables.
(b) At her desk.
(c) The doll corner.
(d) The kitchen.

5. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?
(a) Ignore race in the classroom.
(b) Focus on the behvaior.
(c) Praise race in the classroom.
(d) Take a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley question about the child's issue in Chapter 11?

3. What did the two students have in common aside from their mothers becoming doctors?

4. What did Mrs. Paley note she tended to have higher expectations for?

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

(see the answer key)

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