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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?
(a) Being excluded.
(b) Being the only Jewish girl.
(c) Being the only girl.
(d) Being ugly.

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

4. What did Mrs. Paley urge her student teacher to do?
(a) Go to the Peace Corp.
(b) Teach another age.
(c) Take a job at an all white school.
(d) Take a job at her school.

5. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?
(a) Why she was Jewish.
(b) Why she was white.
(c) Why she talked so much about black children.
(d) Why she wanted to teach black children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her new job in Chapter 3?

3. What did Mrs. Paley limit the disruptive boy to from doing in Chapter 5?

4. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?

5. How old was Mrs. Paley's student teacher?

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