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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose mothers were both becoming doctors in Chapter 7?
(a) No one.
(b) Arlene and Mary Anne.
(c) Janet and Arlene.
(d) Mary Anne and Claire.

2. What did Mrs. Paley struggle with at the beginning of "White Teacher"?
(a) Discipline.
(b) How to mix blacks with whites in the classroom.
(c) How to teach blacks.
(d) How to deal with issues of race without creating a bigger problem.

3. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?
(a) She had to call his parents.
(b) She had to hold him down.
(c) She had to sit on him.
(d) She had to slap him.

4. What did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class do to be scolded in Chapter 4?
(a) Permanent marker on the wall.
(b) Foul language.
(c) A crayon.
(d) The drawing easel.

5. Who did Claire have to develop her own imagination with?
(a) Her dog.
(b) No one.
(c) Her younger sister.
(d) Her mom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Paley contact after she considered the child had a learning disability?

2. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?

3. Where did the child begin working in Chapter 12?

4. What did the child who had difficulties in Chapter 11 agree to do by Chapter 12?

5. What did Mrs. Paley believe helped the disruptive young boy?

(see the answer key)

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