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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 does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?
(a) Alleviates problems.
(b) Solves problems.
(c) Creates more problems.
(d) Makes everyone equal.

2. What did one student suggest about all black people in Chapter 2?
(a) That all blacks ate fried food.
(b) That all blacks had grease in their hair.
(c) That all blacks her fat.
(d) That all blacks were poor.

3. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?
(a) The interracial activity of children.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Racial equality.
(d) The all white classroom with the integrated one.

4. What did Mrs. Paley limit the disruptive boy to from doing in Chapter 5?
(a) The number of times he could speak.
(b) The number of times he could go to the bathroom.
(c) The number of times he could answer a question.
(d) The number of times he could use foul language.

5. What would Barbara ask everyone in the class?
(a) If they were white.
(b) if they were black.
(c) If they were Jewish.
(d) If they could sing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with at the end of Chapter 3?

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

5. Who used the derogatory words about blacks that Mrs. Paley was unsure how to handle?

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