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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 the person who came to talk to Rena tell her in Chapter 1?
(a) To love herself.
(b) Love makes a family, not a race.
(c) To appreciate everyone's beauty.
(d) Race is part of you, not who you are.

2. Why was the second girl surprised in Chapter 24?
(a) To know he didn't come back.
(b) To know he didn't love them.
(c) To know black daddies leave too.
(d) To know white daddies leave too.

3. In the preface, what was Mrs. Paley doing?
(a) Sharing a story.
(b) Having lunch.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Cooking a meal.

4. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?
(a) Refusal to play with a white child.
(b) They clung to each other.
(c) They saw white's were better.
(d) They thought blacks were inadequate.

5. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?
(a) Advocated racism.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Robbed her of what made her special.
(d) Created racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the activity of acting out the story do for the class?

2. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?

3. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?

4. How did the student teacher explain to the student what was happening when one student stopped being his or her friend?

5. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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