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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 was Mrs. Paley's plan to try after the incident in Chapter 4 with the young boy?
(a) Ignoring the bad behavior.
(b) Praising the good behavior and ignoring the poor behavior.
(c) Ignoring the good behavior.
(d) Praising the poor behavior.

2. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?
(a) Talked to herself.
(b) Took a shower in the morning.
(c) Wrote in a journal.
(d) Kept notes about her classroom.

3. How did the student teacher explain to the student what was happening when one student stopped being his or her friend?
(a) That they were crazy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That they needed a break.
(d) That they were mad and needed a nap.

4. What did Mrs. Paley urge the school district to do in Chapter 3?
(a) To desegregate the schools.
(b) To bus black children into their schools.
(c) To segregate the schools.
(d) To offer learning alternatives.

5. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?
(a) A walk-a-thon.
(b) Advocating interracial schooling.
(c) Civil rights protests.
(d) A cake walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?

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

3. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?

4. What did Mrs. Paley believe helped the disruptive young boy?

5. What did Mrs. Paley have her students share in relation to their ethnic background in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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