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

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

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

4. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?
(a) European children.
(b) White children.
(c) Black children.
(d) Her own children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Mrs. Paley when she moved back to Chicago?

3. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?

4. What was interesting about the other teacher's assumptions about Fred's problems?

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

(see the answer key)

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