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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Talked to herself.
(c) Kept notes about her classroom.
(d) Wrote in a journal.

3. What was wrong with Fred?
(a) He was mentality disabled.
(b) He had infantile speech.
(c) He was beaten at home.
(d) He was mean and ugly.

4. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?
(a) The north.
(b) The south.
(c) The West coast.
(d) The East coast.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?

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

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

4. In the preface, what was Mrs. Paley doing?

5. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?

(see the answer key)

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