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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Mrs. Paley when she moved back to Chicago?
(a) She had her first all black class.
(b) She had her first black student.
(c) She had her first mixed class.
(d) She had her first black boss.

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

3. Who came to work with Mrs. Paley in Chapter 9?
(a) Janet Albright.
(b) Janey Albritton.
(c) Janice Alright.
(d) JJ.

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

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

6. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?
(a) Being a Jewish child.
(b) Being ugly.
(c) Being an only child.
(d) Being a racist.

7. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?
(a) The hallway.
(b) By the trashcan.
(c) Time out corner.
(d) Time out chair.

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

9. Who used the derogatory words about blacks that Mrs. Paley was unsure how to handle?
(a) Her black maid.
(b) Black boys.
(c) Her black student teacher.
(d) Black children.

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

11. What did Mrs. Paley try after the incident with the young boy in Chapter 4?
(a) Playtime.
(b) An old technique.
(c) A new technique.
(d) Nothing.

12. How did Mrs. Paley feel about the young boy's actions in her class in Chapter 4?
(a) Belittled.
(b) Smarter.
(c) Attacked.
(d) Ugly.

13. What did one student suggest about all black people in Chapter 2?
(a) That all blacks were poor.
(b) That all blacks had grease in their hair.
(c) That all blacks ate fried food.
(d) That all blacks her fat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom in Chapter 5?

3. What did Mrs. Paley take a closer look at in relationship to ethnic speech?

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

5. What did Mrs. Paley believe helped the disruptive young boy?

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