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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened after Mrs. Paley's limited the young boy in Chapter 5?
(a) He started answering quetsions.
(b) He started making good grades.
(c) He stopped using foul lanuage.
(d) He started get along with the class.

2. What did the exploration of ethnicity do for Mrs. Paley's students?
(a) Helped unite each other.
(b) Helped them understand each other.
(c) Gave everyone a purpose.
(d) Helped them feel welcome.

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

4. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?
(a) Ignore race in the classroom.
(b) Focus on the behvaior.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Praise race in the classroom.

5. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?
(a) To talk to Mrs. Paley.
(b) To go to the bathroom.
(c) To take a nap.
(d) To eat lunch.

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

7. What was the result of the two boys who became friends although didn't remain friends?
(a) They broke the segregation that had always existed before.
(b) They expanded their friendship to include all races.
(c) They ended up hating eachother.
(d) They learned about another race in that time.

8. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) A trust grew between Mrs. Paley and Alma.
(b) The school day started.
(c) The school day ended.
(d) With recess.

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

10. Who did Mrs. Paley first have a conversation with in Chapter 3 about her new job?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her boss.
(d) Her mom.

11. Who did Mrs. Paley go to for advice in Chapter 2?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her boss.
(c) Her mom.
(d) Her colleagues.

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

13. What did Mrs. Paley note about her class after she received advice in Chapter 2?
(a) The behavior of black boys.
(b) The behavior of whites.
(c) Behavior in blacks and whites.
(d) Comments and behaviors regarding color.

14. What did Mrs. Paley invite parents to send with their children to class in Chapter 7?
(a) Food.
(b) Music to explore their culture.
(c) Games.
(d) Clothing to explore their culture.

15. What did Mrs. Paley have her students share in relation to their ethnic background in Chapter 7?
(a) Weather and music.
(b) Clothes and weather.
(c) Pictures and different languages.
(d) Music and clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her place in society by the end of Chapter 2?

2. What was Carol embarrassed of?

3. What happened to Mrs. Paley when she moved back to Chicago?

4. Who would often speak in ethnic speech in Chapter 7?

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

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