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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Paley's student teacher insist she was needed at?
(a) An all black school.
(b) A mixed school.
(c) An all white school.
(d) A special school.

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

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

4. What was interesting about the other teacher's assumptions about Fred's problems?
(a) They were being really mean.
(b) They were being really kind.
(c) They never assumed that about white children with the same problems.
(d) They assumed he was retarded, like every other black student.

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

6. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?
(a) The principle.
(b) No one.
(c) Herself.
(d) The student teacher.

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

8. What did Mrs. Paley continue to believe was needed in the classroom?
(a) Running water.
(b) Classrooms with mixed races.
(c) AC.
(d) Heat.

9. 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.

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

11. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?
(a) Racial inequalities.
(b) Intelligence of the speaker.
(c) Racial appreciations.
(d) Knowledge of the speaker.

12. How old was Mrs. Paley's student teacher?
(a) 21.
(b) 28.
(c) 45.
(d) 40.

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

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

15. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?
(a) Chicago.
(b) A mixed race school.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Paley try after the incident with the young boy in Chapter 4?

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

4. Who made Mrs. Paley dislike her job at one point?

5. What did the two students have in common aside from their mothers becoming doctors?

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