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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 contact after she considered the child had a learning disability?
(a) A friend who was an expert in learning disabilities.
(b) Her dad.
(c) Her mom.
(d) The principal in her school.

2. What were the students Mrs. Paley overheard hesitant to do?
(a) Comment about the white race.
(b) Play at recess.
(c) Go outside.
(d) Play in the doll corner.

3. What did Mrs. Paley observe in her class in Chapter 17?
(a) The relationships.
(b) How everyone got along
(c) The social dynamics.
(d) The fairness of their games.

4. What did Mrs. Paley do to Sylvia for hitting another student?
(a) Punished her.
(b) Called her parents.
(c) Put her in dentention.
(d) Expelled her.

5. Who made it easier for Mrs. Paley to say black in the classroom?
(a) Her mom.
(b) The children.
(c) The principal.
(d) The parents.

6. How did Kenny act in the classroom?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confident.
(c) Clumsy and insecure.
(d) Energetic.

7. Who caused another student nightmares in the class?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Ayana.
(c) Claire.
(d) Mrs. Paley.

8. What did the child in Chapter 11 refuse to do?
(a) Draw.
(b) Go to the bathroom.
(c) Play with other children.
(d) Sing.

9. Who was Rena obsessed with?
(a) White boys.
(b) Black boys.
(c) Black people.
(d) White people.

10. What was monopolized that year in Chapter 17?
(a) The drawing easels.
(b) The doll corner.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The card station.

11. How deep are the differences of the races in the later chapters of "White Teacher"?
(a) Very.
(b) To the core deep.
(c) Skin deep.
(d) Surface deep.

12. What did the other girl want to know about the girl who made the announcement in Chapter 24?
(a) If her dad was black too.
(b) Where he went.
(c) If her dad was white too.
(d) Why he left.

13. What was the boy wearing in Mrs. Paley's classroom in Chapter 14?
(a) An offensive t shirt.
(b) Bagggy jeans.
(c) Visible underwear.
(d) A gang shirt.

14. What was Sylvia's personality?
(a) A trouble maker.
(b) A mother hen.
(c) Mean to everyone.
(d) Loving.

15. What did Sylvia need to learn?
(a) Love.
(b) Self control.
(c) Respect.
(d) Restraint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls do when Mrs. Paley forced the other girl to be included?

2. What was Claire a victim of?

3. Who came to class to talk to Rena in Chapter 21?

4. What had developed in the classroom by Chapter 12?

5. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for the child to do after school in Chapter 11?

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