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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 happened after Mrs. Paley's limited the young boy in Chapter 5?
(a) He stopped using foul lanuage.
(b) He started get along with the class.
(c) He started answering quetsions.
(d) He started making good grades.

2. What did Mrs. Paley desire in her new job?
(a) An end to racism.
(b) A more accurate reflection of the world outside the classroom.
(c) Equality.
(d) More money.

3. How did Mrs. Paley feel about the young boy's actions in her class in Chapter 4?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Attacked.
(c) Belittled.
(d) Smarter.

4. What did Mrs. Paley struggle with at the beginning of "White Teacher"?
(a) How to teach blacks.
(b) Discipline.
(c) How to mix blacks with whites in the classroom.
(d) How to deal with issues of race without creating a bigger problem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?

2. What did one student suggest about all black people in Chapter 2?

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

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

5. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?

(see the answer key)

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