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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 invite parents to send with their children to class in Chapter 7?
(a) Games.
(b) Clothing to explore their culture.
(c) Food.
(d) Music to explore their culture.

2. What did Mrs. Paley learn was the best way to deal with racial issues in her classroom?
(a) Courageously.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Deceit.
(d) Integrity.

3. Who would often speak in ethnic speech in Chapter 7?
(a) Two black girls of equal social class
(b) Two white girls mocking the blacks.
(c) Two black boys.
(d) Two black girls of lower social class.

4. Where did Mrs. Paley never have trouble chastising her student about using derogatory names?
(a) Chicago.
(b) The south.
(c) The west.
(d) The north.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the student teacher explain to the student what was happening when one student stopped being his or her friend?

3. What was Carol embarrassed of?

4. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?

5. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?

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