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

2. Who did Mrs. Paley go to for advice in Chapter 2?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her boss.
(c) Her colleagues.
(d) Her mom.

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

4. Whose mothers were both becoming doctors in Chapter 7?
(a) Mary Anne and Claire.
(b) Arlene and Mary Anne.
(c) No one.
(d) Janet and Arlene.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?

3. What did Mrs. Paley urge the school district to do in Chapter 3?

4. What did Mrs. Paley's actions encourage for her students to do in Chapter 5?

5. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?

(see the answer key)

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