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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?
(a) Being the only girl.
(b) Being ugly.
(c) Being the only Jewish girl.
(d) Being excluded.

2. What did Mrs. Paley try after the incident with the young boy in Chapter 4?
(a) A new technique.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An old technique.
(d) Playtime.

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

4. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?
(a) The principle.
(b) No one.
(c) The student teacher.
(d) Herself.

5. How did Mrs. Paley feel about the young boy's actions in her class in Chapter 4?
(a) Attacked.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Smarter.
(d) Belittled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with at the end of Chapter 3?

3. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

4. Who used the derogatory words about blacks that Mrs. Paley was unsure how to handle?

5. Who did Mrs. Paley get to recognize the changes in the young boy from Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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