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

2. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?
(a) Her own children.
(b) European children.
(c) Black children.
(d) White children.

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

4. Who used the derogatory words about blacks that Mrs. Paley was unsure how to handle?
(a) Black children.
(b) Black boys.
(c) Her black student teacher.
(d) Her black maid.

5. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her new job in Chapter 3?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Excited.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the two students have in common aside from their mothers becoming doctors?

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

3. What did Mrs. Paley note she tended to have higher expectations for?

4. What did Mrs. Paley try after the incident with the young boy in Chapter 4?

5. What did Mrs. Paley continue to believe was needed in the classroom?

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