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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A collegue.
(c) Her students.
(d) A student teacher.

3. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?
(a) Praise race in the classroom.
(b) Ignore race in the classroom.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Focus on the behvaior.

4. What did Mrs. Paley wonder about the situation in Chapter 15?
(a) How to end the nightmares.
(b) If she is the cause of the nightmares.
(c) If race has more to do with the concern of the child's nightmares.
(d) If the nightmares actually exist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class do to be scolded in Chapter 4?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?

3. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?

4. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 14?

5. What happened to the child that had difficulties in Chapter 11 by Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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