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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Sylvia later become friends with?
(a) Stuart.
(b) Ayana.
(c) Felice.
(d) Claire.

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

3. How deep are the differences of the races in the later chapters of "White Teacher"?
(a) Very.
(b) To the core deep.
(c) Skin deep.
(d) Surface deep.

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

5. What did the girl announce in Chapter 24?
(a) She hated white kids.
(b) She hated black kids.
(c) Her father had left her family.
(d) She was sick.

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. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?

3. What did Mrs. Paley's notes and observations become?

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

5. How did Kenny appear to be when Mrs. Paley first met him?

(see the answer key)

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