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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 have her students share in relation to their ethnic background in Chapter 7?
(a) Clothes and weather.
(b) Pictures and different languages.
(c) Music and clothes.
(d) Weather and music.

2. What kind of club did Barbara organize?
(a) A Catholic one.
(b) A Black one.
(c) A White one.
(d) A Jewish one.

3. Who made Mrs. Paley dislike her job at one point?
(a) A young white girl.
(b) A child not like Steven.
(c) A parent of a white boy.
(d) A child like Steven.

4. What happened to Mrs. Paley when she moved back to Chicago?
(a) She had her first mixed class.
(b) She had her first all black class.
(c) She had her first black student.
(d) She had her first black boss.

5. What did Mrs. Paley question about her pleasure of the two students' friendship in Chapter 7?
(a) Why she cared about this friendship.
(b) Arlene's intelligence.
(c) Mary Anne's intelligence.
(d) Who was a better student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley often struggle with when she was teaching?

2. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?

3. Where did Mrs. Paley never have trouble chastising her student about using derogatory names?

4. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?

5. What did Mrs. Paley learn was the best way to deal with racial issues in her classroom?

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