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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 age did Mrs. Paley teach?
(a) Kindergarten.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Second.
(d) First.

2. What did the other girl want to know about the girl who made the announcement in Chapter 24?
(a) If her dad was black too.
(b) Why he left.
(c) Where he went.
(d) If her dad was white too.

3. What are the interactions of the children a part of in the book?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Mrs. Paley.
(c) The book's theme.
(d) A motif.

4. Who did Mrs. Paley get to recognize the changes in the young boy from Chapter 5?
(a) His parents.
(b) Her collegues.
(c) Her boss.
(d) His grandparents.

5. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?
(a) A new loud girl.
(b) A new loud black boy.
(c) A new loud white boy.
(d) A new teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the clothing situation add to in Chapter 14?

2. Who impacted the children's opinions of race?

3. What did Mrs. Paley note she tended to have higher expectations for?

4. What did the exploration of ethnicity do for Mrs. Paley's students?

5. What did the boy's parents agree to do in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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