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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 Mrs. Paley often struggle with when she was teaching?
(a) How to discipline.
(b) How to teach spelling.
(c) How to deal with racial differences.
(d) How to maintain control of the classroom.

2. Who was excluded in Chapter 17?
(a) Felice.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Claire.
(d) Ayana.

3. What was monopolized that year in Chapter 17?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The card station.
(c) The drawing easels.
(d) The doll corner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?

2. Where was the first time this child ever spoke to Mrs. Paley?

3. What does "White Teacher" approach in its content?

4. Whose conversation did Mrs. Paley overhear in Chapter 21?

5. How old was Mrs. Paley's student teacher?

(see the answer key)

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