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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the child in Chapter 12 paint in?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Horses.
(c) Rainbows.
(d) Pictures in 1 color.

2. What did Joyce claim to be in Chapter 17?
(a) To be gay.
(b) To be white.
(c) To be mixed.
(d) To be lonely.

3. What had developed in the classroom by Chapter 12?
(a) A black clique.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Racism.
(d) A white clique.

4. How did Kenny appear to be when Mrs. Paley first met him?
(a) Weak.
(b) Strong.
(c) Sad.
(d) Confident.

5. Who did Mrs. Paley observe in Chapter 19?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Anna.
(c) Claire.
(d) Felice.

6. What would Ayana often smooth over?
(a) Crying students.
(b) Break ups in the class.
(c) Fights.
(d) The hurt caused by Sylvia.

7. What did Mrs. Paley wonder about the situation in Chapter 15?
(a) If race has more to do with the concern of the child's nightmares.
(b) How to end the nightmares.
(c) If she is the cause of the nightmares.
(d) If the nightmares actually exist.

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

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

10. Why was the second girl surprised in Chapter 24?
(a) To know he didn't love them.
(b) To know white daddies leave too.
(c) To know he didn't come back.
(d) To know black daddies leave too.

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

12. Who came to class to talk to Rena in Chapter 21?
(a) A mother of a black student.
(b) A mother of a white student.
(c) A mother.
(d) A father of a white student.

13. When did Mrs. Paley first see Kenny?
(a) At the movies.
(b) In the spring.
(c) At school.
(d) During the summer.

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

15. How did the child play the game with the visitor?
(a) Shyly.
(b) Confidently.
(c) Like an expert.
(d) Boldly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose favorite story did the class act out together?

2. How deep are the differences of the races in the later chapters of "White Teacher"?

3. Who did Sylvia hit in Chapter 15?

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

5. Who monopolized an area of the classroom in Chapter 17?

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