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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?
(a) Sent him to the office.
(b) Ignored it.
(c) Yelled at him.
(d) Praised it.

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

3. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom in Chapter 5?
(a) Mentioning race similarities.
(b) Mentioning race differences.
(c) Discussed racial issues.
(d) Ignoring racial issues.

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

5. What was interesting about the other teacher's assumptions about Fred's problems?
(a) They assumed he was retarded, like every other black student.
(b) They were being really kind.
(c) They were being really mean.
(d) They never assumed that about white children with the same problems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?

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

3. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

4. What did Mrs. Paley note about her class after she received advice in Chapter 2?

5. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?

(see the answer key)

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