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

2. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?
(a) Racial appreciations.
(b) Racial inequalities.
(c) Intelligence of the speaker.
(d) Knowledge of the speaker.

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

4. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?
(a) A collegue.
(b) A student teacher.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her students.

5. What did Mrs. Paley believe helped the disruptive young boy?
(a) Love.
(b) Attention.
(c) Discipline techniques.
(d) Being scolded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people's thoughts based on in relationship to blacks according to the first few chapters of "White Teacher"?

2. What did Mrs. Paley urge the school district to do in Chapter 3?

3. Who did Mrs. Paley first have a conversation with in Chapter 3 about her new job?

4. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?

5. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?

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