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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) No one.
(b) Her mom.
(c) Alma's father.
(d) Alma's mother.

2. What did Mrs. Paley urge her student teacher to do?
(a) Go to the Peace Corp.
(b) Take a job at her school.
(c) Take a job at an all white school.
(d) Teach another age.

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

4. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?
(a) Theme of equality.
(b) Theme of Civil Rights.
(c) Theme of equal rights.
(d) Theme of racial difference.

5. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?
(a) Being ugly.
(b) Being excluded.
(c) Being the only girl.
(d) Being the only Jewish girl.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?

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

4. Who became good friends in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 10?

5. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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