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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of club did Barbara organize?
(a) A White one.
(b) A Catholic one.
(c) A Black one.
(d) A Jewish one.

3. Whose mothers were both becoming doctors in Chapter 7?
(a) Arlene and Mary Anne.
(b) No one.
(c) Janet and Arlene.
(d) Mary Anne and Claire.

4. Who made Mrs. Paley dislike her job at one point?
(a) A parent of a white boy.
(b) A child not like Steven.
(c) A child like Steven.
(d) A young white girl.

5. Where did Mrs. Paley never have trouble chastising her student about using derogatory names?
(a) Chicago.
(b) The west.
(c) The south.
(d) The north.

6. What was Carol embarrassed of?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her backpack.
(d) Her Taiwanese speaking grandmother.

7. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?
(a) Racial equality.
(b) The interracial activity of children.
(c) The all white classroom with the integrated one.
(d) Stereotypes.

8. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?
(a) Wrote in a journal.
(b) Took a shower in the morning.
(c) Talked to herself.
(d) Kept notes about her classroom.

9. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Steven.
(c) Roger.
(d) Steve.

10. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?
(a) Alleviates problems.
(b) Makes everyone equal.
(c) Creates more problems.
(d) Solves problems.

11. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?
(a) A cake walk.
(b) A walk-a-thon.
(c) Civil rights protests.
(d) Advocating interracial schooling.

12. What did Mrs. Paley desire in her new job?
(a) An end to racism.
(b) Equality.
(c) More money.
(d) A more accurate reflection of the world outside the classroom.

13. What did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class do to be scolded in Chapter 4?
(a) The drawing easel.
(b) Permanent marker on the wall.
(c) Foul language.
(d) A crayon.

14. What are people's thoughts based on in relationship to blacks according to the first few chapters of "White Teacher"?
(a) Love.
(b) A documentary.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Facts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her new job in Chapter 3?

3. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?

4. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?

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

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