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

2. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?
(a) They thought blacks were inadequate.
(b) They clung to each other.
(c) They saw white's were better.
(d) Refusal to play with a white child.

3. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?
(a) A student teacher.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her students.
(d) A collegue.

4. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?
(a) Theme of racial difference.
(b) Theme of Civil Rights.
(c) Theme of equality.
(d) Theme of equal rights.

5. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?
(a) Praised it.
(b) Sent him to the office.
(c) Yelled at him.
(d) Ignored it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?

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

3. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?

4. Where did Mrs. Paley never have trouble chastising her student about using derogatory names?

5. Who made Mrs. Paley dislike her job at one point?

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