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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?
(a) White schools.
(b) Private schools.
(c) Mixed schools.
(d) Poor schools.

6. Who was the smartest girl in the class in Chapter 7?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Claire.
(c) Arlene.
(d) Sylvia.

7. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?
(a) Why she wanted to teach black children.
(b) Why she was white.
(c) Why she talked so much about black children.
(d) Why she was Jewish.

8. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?
(a) Sent him to the office.
(b) Ignored it.
(c) Yelled at him.
(d) Praised it.

9. What does "White Teacher" approach in its content?
(a) The Civil Rights.
(b) Equality.
(c) To find the apporpriate approach in dealing with white and black students.
(d) How to discipline.

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

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

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

13. How many more black children were placed in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 2?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

15. What did the two students have in common aside from their mothers becoming doctors?
(a) Same favorite color.
(b) Same social background.
(c) Same dad.
(d) Same religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose mothers were both becoming doctors in Chapter 7?

3. In the preface, what was Mrs. Paley doing?

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

5. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?

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