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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 Jewish girl.
(b) Being ugly.
(c) Being the only girl.
(d) Being excluded.

2. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?
(a) Alma Franklin.
(b) Alma Matter.
(c) Alma Fredrickson.
(d) Alma Franks.

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

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

5. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?
(a) To eat lunch.
(b) To go to the bathroom.
(c) To talk to Mrs. Paley.
(d) To take a nap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?

2. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?

3. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?

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

5. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?

(see the answer key)

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