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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley often struggle with when she was teaching?
(a) How to teach spelling.
(b) How to deal with racial differences.
(c) How to maintain control of the classroom.
(d) How to discipline.

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

3. 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) Talked to herself.
(d) Kept notes about her classroom.

4. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?
(a) Poor schools.
(b) Private schools.
(c) Mixed schools.
(d) White schools.

5. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Chicago.
(d) A mixed race school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley go to for advice in Chapter 2?

3. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?

4. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?

5. What did Mrs. Paley struggle with at the beginning of "White Teacher"?

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