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

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

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

4. What did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class do to be scolded in Chapter 4?
(a) The drawing easel.
(b) Foul language.
(c) Permanent marker on the wall.
(d) A crayon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does "White Teacher" approach in its content?

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

(see the answer key)

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