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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 experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?
(a) Being an only child.
(b) Being ugly.
(c) Being a Jewish child.
(d) Being a racist.

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

3. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?
(a) Solves problems.
(b) Makes everyone equal.
(c) Alleviates problems.
(d) Creates more problems.

4. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?
(a) To go to the bathroom.
(b) To take a nap.
(c) To eat lunch.
(d) To talk to Mrs. Paley.

5. What did Mrs. Paley continue to believe was needed in the classroom?
(a) Heat.
(b) Classrooms with mixed races.
(c) Running water.
(d) AC.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Paley take a closer look at in relationship to ethnic speech?

3. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?

5. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss how Mrs. Paley punished poor behavior in Chapter 2.

2. Discuss what Mrs. Paley began to do in Chapter 5.

3. What did Mrs. Paley and her friends advocate?

4. Compare and contrast Chicago schools to the southern schools Mrs. Paley taught in.

5. Describe Barbara.

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

7. Describe what made Mrs. Paley unsure of herself in her classroom in Chapter 6.

8. What did Mrs. Paley's friend suggest about Mrs. Paley's interest in her students?

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

10. Describe the child in Chapter 4 who used foul language and his behavior.

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