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

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

3. Whose mothers were both becoming doctors in Chapter 7?
(a) Mary Anne and Claire.
(b) Arlene and Mary Anne.
(c) Janet and Arlene.
(d) No one.

4. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Roger.
(c) Steven.
(d) Steve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with at the end of Chapter 3?

3. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?

4. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?

5. What did Mrs. Paley learn was the best way to deal with racial issues in her classroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Arlene and Mary Ann discover in Chapter 7?

4. How did Mrs. Paley feel about Janet?

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

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

7. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

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

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

10. Discuss what Mrs. Paley's friend asked her in the preface.

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