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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 was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?
(a) Steven.
(b) Roger.
(c) Steve.
(d) Stephen.

2. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?
(a) The all white classroom with the integrated one.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) The interracial activity of children.
(d) Racial equality.

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

4. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?
(a) Creates more problems.
(b) Makes everyone equal.
(c) Solves problems.
(d) Alleviates problems.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class do to be scolded in Chapter 4?

2. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?

3. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?

4. What did Mrs. Paley often struggle with when she was teaching?

5. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

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