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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 did the visitor ask the child to do in Chapter 12?
(a) Sing for him.
(b) Go to recess.
(c) Show him how to draw.
(d) Play a game of take ball.

2. Where did the child begin working in Chapter 12?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The doll corner.
(c) At her desk.
(d) Art tables.

3. What was Mrs. Paley concerned about in her classroom by Chapter 12?
(a) The friendships.
(b) How to pair up partners.
(c) Her dynamics with the children.
(d) The social dynamics.

4. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?
(a) Being ugly.
(b) Being a racist.
(c) Being an only child.
(d) Being a Jewish child.

5. Who did Mrs. Paley question about the child's issue in Chapter 11?
(a) Her father.
(b) No one.
(c) The child.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Paley wonder after Sylvia hits another student?

3. When did Mrs. Paley first see Kenny?

4. What happened at the beginning of Chapter 11 for Mrs. Paley?

5. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?

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