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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. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?
(a) Created racism.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Robbed her of what made her special.
(d) Advocated racism.

3. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?
(a) Being the only Jewish girl.
(b) Being the only girl.
(c) Being excluded.
(d) Being ugly.

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

5. What did Mrs. Paley urge her student teacher to do?
(a) Take a job at her school.
(b) Teach another age.
(c) Go to the Peace Corp.
(d) Take a job at an all white school.

6. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?
(a) Kept notes about her classroom.
(b) Talked to herself.
(c) Wrote in a journal.
(d) Took a shower in the morning.

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

8. Who would often speak in ethnic speech in Chapter 7?
(a) Two black girls of equal social class
(b) Two black boys.
(c) Two black girls of lower social class.
(d) Two white girls mocking the blacks.

9. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A student teacher.
(c) Her students.
(d) A collegue.

10. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Her boss.
(b) Her mom.
(c) A black parent.
(d) A white parent.

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

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

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

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

15. What did Mrs. Paley struggle with at the beginning of "White Teacher"?
(a) How to mix blacks with whites in the classroom.
(b) How to teach blacks.
(c) Discipline.
(d) How to deal with issues of race without creating a bigger problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley continue to believe was needed in the classroom?

2. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

(see the answer keys)

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