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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?
(a) The principle.
(b) No one.
(c) Herself.
(d) The student teacher.

2. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?
(a) No one.
(b) Alma's mother.
(c) Her mom.
(d) Alma's father.

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

4. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?
(a) They clung to each other.
(b) They thought blacks were inadequate.
(c) They saw white's were better.
(d) Refusal to play with a white child.

5. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?
(a) The south.
(b) The north.
(c) The East coast.
(d) The West coast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?

3. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?

4. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?

5. Who did Mrs. Paley go to for advice in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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