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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the two students have in common aside from their mothers becoming doctors?
(a) Same favorite color.
(b) Same social background.
(c) Same religion.
(d) Same dad.

3. What ultimately made Mrs. Paley want to begin examining the interracial relationships in her classroom?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her mom.
(c) Her students.
(d) Herself.

4. What was wrong with Fred?
(a) He was mean and ugly.
(b) He had infantile speech.
(c) He was mentality disabled.
(d) He was beaten at home.

5. What did the girls do when Mrs. Paley forced the other girl to be included?
(a) Made her a slave.
(b) Made her a maid.
(c) Made her a dog.
(d) Made her be their cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people's thoughts based on in relationship to blacks according to the first few chapters of "White Teacher"?

2. Where did Mrs. Paley accept a job in Chapter 3?

3. What did one student suggest about all black people in Chapter 2?

4. Who did Mrs. Paley have in her class in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?

(see the answer key)

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