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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Mrs. Paley limit the disruptive boy to from doing in Chapter 5?
(a) The number of times he could answer a question.
(b) The number of times he could go to the bathroom.
(c) The number of times he could speak.
(d) The number of times he could use foul language.

4. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?
(a) Took a shower in the morning.
(b) Wrote in a journal.
(c) Kept notes about her classroom.
(d) Talked to herself.

5. What did one student suggest about all black people in Chapter 2?
(a) That all blacks her fat.
(b) That all blacks were poor.
(c) That all blacks ate fried food.
(d) That all blacks had grease in their hair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?

3. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?

4. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?

5. How did Mrs. Paley feel about the young boy's actions in her class in Chapter 4?

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