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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 the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?
(a) Take a vacation.
(b) Praise race in the classroom.
(c) Ignore race in the classroom.
(d) Focus on the behvaior.

2. How many more black children were placed in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 2?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

3. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?
(a) The ghetto.
(b) Europe.
(c) Private schools.
(d) Integrated schools.

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

5. What happened to Mrs. Paley when she moved back to Chicago?
(a) She had her first mixed class.
(b) She had her first black student.
(c) She had her first all black class.
(d) She had her first black boss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

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

3. What does "White Teacher" approach in its content?

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

5. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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