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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?
(a) No one.
(b) The white children.
(c) The black children.
(d) Racial differences.

2. What was Carol embarrassed of?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) Her voice.
(c) Her Taiwanese speaking grandmother.
(d) Her backpack.

3. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?
(a) A new teacher.
(b) A new loud girl.
(c) A new loud white boy.
(d) A new loud black boy.

4. Where did Mrs. Paley accept a job in Chapter 3?
(a) A private integrated school.
(b) A public segregated school.
(c) A private segregated school.
(d) A public integrated school.

5. Who would often speak in ethnic speech in Chapter 7?
(a) Two black girls of equal social class
(b) Two black boys.
(c) Two white girls mocking the blacks.
(d) Two black girls of lower social class.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the preface, what was Mrs. Paley doing?

2. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom in Chapter 5?

3. Who was the smartest girl in the class in Chapter 7?

4. What did Mrs. Paley take a closer look at in relationship to ethnic speech?

5. What did Mrs. Paley struggle with at the beginning of "White Teacher"?

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