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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 believe helped the disruptive young boy?
(a) Love.
(b) Being scolded.
(c) Attention.
(d) Discipline techniques.

2. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?
(a) Why she was white.
(b) Why she was Jewish.
(c) Why she wanted to teach black children.
(d) Why she talked so much about black children.

3. What are people's thoughts based on in relationship to blacks according to the first few chapters of "White Teacher"?
(a) A documentary.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Facts.
(d) Love.

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

5. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom in Chapter 5?
(a) Mentioning race differences.
(b) Discussed racial issues.
(c) Mentioning race similarities.
(d) Ignoring racial issues.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?

3. What did Mrs. Paley limit the disruptive boy to from doing in Chapter 5?

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

5. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?

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