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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?
(a) European children.
(b) Her own children.
(c) Black children.
(d) White children.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?
(a) Europe.
(b) Private schools.
(c) Integrated schools.
(d) The ghetto.

13. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?
(a) Why she was Jewish.
(b) Why she talked so much about black children.
(c) Why she wanted to teach black children.
(d) Why she was white.

14. What did Mrs. Paley limit the disruptive boy to from doing in Chapter 5?
(a) The number of times he could answer a question.
(b) The number of times he could use foul language.
(c) The number of times he could speak.
(d) The number of times he could go to the bathroom.

15. What did Mrs. Paley's actions encourage for her students to do in Chapter 5?
(a) To see each other as equal.
(b) To discuss racial issues.
(c) To explore their artistic side.
(d) To play nice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?

3. What happened after Mrs. Paley's limited the young boy in Chapter 5?

4. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?

5. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?

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