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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?
(a) Poor schools.
(b) Mixed schools.
(c) Private schools.
(d) White schools.

2. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?
(a) Take a vacation.
(b) Ignore race in the classroom.
(c) Focus on the behvaior.
(d) Praise race in the classroom.

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

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

5. What happened after Mrs. Paley's limited the young boy in Chapter 5?
(a) He started get along with the class.
(b) He stopped using foul lanuage.
(c) He started making good grades.
(d) He started answering quetsions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

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

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

4. Where did Mrs. Paley never have trouble chastising her student about using derogatory names?

5. What did Mrs. Paley learn was the best way to deal with racial issues in her classroom?

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