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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?
(a) Racial differences.
(b) No one.
(c) The white children.
(d) The black children.

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her place in society by the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Happy with her place in society.
(b) Happy that her race was getting recognition in society.
(c) Unhappy with her lack of action.
(d) Unhappy with her job.

3. What did Mrs. Paley urge the school district to do in Chapter 3?
(a) To desegregate the schools.
(b) To bus black children into their schools.
(c) To offer learning alternatives.
(d) To segregate the schools.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?

3. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?

4. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom in Chapter 5?

5. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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