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

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

3. Who did Mrs. Paley first have a conversation with in Chapter 3 about her new job?
(a) Her boss.
(b) Her mom.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her sister.

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

5. What was wrong with Fred?
(a) He was mean and ugly.
(b) He was beaten at home.
(c) He was mentality disabled.
(d) He had infantile speech.

6. What did Mrs. Paley note about her class after she received advice in Chapter 2?
(a) Behavior in blacks and whites.
(b) Comments and behaviors regarding color.
(c) The behavior of whites.
(d) The behavior of black boys.

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

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

9. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?
(a) Second.
(b) Kindergarten.
(c) Fourth.
(d) First.

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

11. 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) Music to explore their culture.
(d) Games.

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

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

14. What would Barbara ask everyone in the class?
(a) If they could sing.
(b) if they were black.
(c) If they were Jewish.
(d) If they were white.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?

3. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?

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

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

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