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

2. What did Mrs. Paley note she tended to have higher expectations for?
(a) Those that are black.
(b) Those with higher economic background.
(c) Those with less economics.
(d) Those that are white.

3. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?
(a) She had to slap him.
(b) She had to hold him down.
(c) She had to call his parents.
(d) She had to sit on him.

4. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Her boss.
(b) A white parent.
(c) A black parent.
(d) Her mom.

5. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?
(a) Yelled at him.
(b) Sent him to the office.
(c) Praised it.
(d) Ignored it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of club did Barbara organize?

2. What did Mrs. Paley continue to believe was needed in the classroom?

3. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?

4. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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