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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley take a closer look at in relationship to ethnic speech?
(a) Her personal economic prejudices.
(b) Her judgements.
(c) Arlene's speech.
(d) Her attitude about speech.

2. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?
(a) The East coast.
(b) The West coast.
(c) The north.
(d) The south.

3. Who became good friends in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 10?
(a) A white girl and black boy.
(b) A white girl and a black girl.
(c) A white boy and a black boy.
(d) A white boy and a black girl.

4. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?
(a) A walk-a-thon.
(b) Advocating interracial schooling.
(c) Civil rights protests.
(d) A cake walk.

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

6. What was Carol embarrassed of?
(a) Her backpack.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her Taiwanese speaking grandmother.
(d) Her voice.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What did Mrs. Paley note she tended to have higher expectations for?
(a) Those that are black.
(b) Those with higher economic background.
(c) Those with less economics.
(d) Those that are white.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley often struggle with when she was teaching?

2. What did Mrs. Paley urge the school district to do in Chapter 3?

3. What did Mrs. Paley invite parents to send with their children to class in Chapter 7?

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

5. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?

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