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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?
(a) A cake walk.
(b) Advocating interracial schooling.
(c) A walk-a-thon.
(d) Civil rights protests.

2. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?
(a) Theme of equality.
(b) Theme of Civil Rights.
(c) Theme of racial difference.
(d) Theme of equal rights.

3. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?
(a) Alma Franks.
(b) Alma Fredrickson.
(c) Alma Matter.
(d) Alma Franklin.

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

5. What are people's thoughts based on in relationship to blacks according to the first few chapters of "White Teacher"?
(a) Love.
(b) A documentary.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Facts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who used the derogatory words about blacks that Mrs. Paley was unsure how to handle?

4. What was Mrs. Paley's plan to try after the incident in Chapter 4 with the young boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Mrs. Paley decided to write "White Teacher."

2. Describe what Janet felt she was meant to do?

3. What did Mrs. Paley limit Steven to and what was the result?

4. What did Mrs. Paley question about her pleasure from the formed friendships in Chapter 7?

5. Discuss what Mrs. Paley learned from Janet Albright.

6. What did Mrs. Paley's colleagues suggest about Fred?

7. Discuss what Steven almost forced Mrs. Paley to do.

8. Describe what Mrs. Paley struggled with that prompted her to write "White Teacher."

9. What did ignoring racial differences eventually do in Mrs. Paley's classroom?

10. Discuss what Mrs. Paley tried to use from her own experiences in connection to her student's.

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