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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 was Jewish.
(d) Why she talked so much about black children.

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

5. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom in Chapter 5?
(a) Mentioning race differences.
(b) Mentioning race similarities.
(c) Discussed racial issues.
(d) Ignoring racial issues.

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

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

8. 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 clung to each other.
(d) They saw white's were better.

9. What was Mrs. Paley's plan to try after the incident in Chapter 4 with the young boy?
(a) Ignoring the bad behavior.
(b) Praising the poor behavior.
(c) Ignoring the good behavior.
(d) Praising the good behavior and ignoring the poor behavior.

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

11. How did the student teacher explain to the student what was happening when one student stopped being his or her friend?
(a) That they were mad and needed a nap.
(b) That they were crazy.
(c) Nothing.
(d) That they needed a break.

12. What did Mrs. Paley believe helped the disruptive young boy?
(a) Attention.
(b) Discipline techniques.
(c) Love.
(d) Being scolded.

13. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?
(a) Alma Fredrickson.
(b) Alma Franks.
(c) Alma Franklin.
(d) Alma Matter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?

3. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?

4. What are people's thoughts based on in relationship to blacks according to the first few chapters of "White Teacher"?

5. What did Mrs. Paley's actions encourage for her students to do in Chapter 5?

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