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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?
(a) Alma Franklin.
(b) Alma Matter.
(c) Alma Franks.
(d) Alma Fredrickson.

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

3. What happened at the beginning of Chapter 11 for Mrs. Paley?
(a) She switched schools.
(b) She was moved to principal.
(c) She got married.
(d) She began a new school year.

4. What was interesting about the other teacher's assumptions about Fred's problems?
(a) They were being really kind.
(b) They were being really mean.
(c) They assumed he was retarded, like every other black student.
(d) They never assumed that about white children with the same problems.

5. What did the activity of acting out the story do for the class?
(a) Made them separate.
(b) Made them equal.
(c) Made them one big community.
(d) Connected them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Claire come dressed as in Chapter 22?

2. What was Sylvia's personality?

3. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?

4. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

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

(see the answer key)

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