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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 wrong with Fred?
(a) He was mean and ugly.
(b) He was mentality disabled.
(c) He was beaten at home.
(d) He had infantile speech.

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her place in society by the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Unhappy with her job.
(b) Unhappy with her lack of action.
(c) Happy that her race was getting recognition in society.
(d) Happy with her place in society.

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

4. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?
(a) No one.
(b) The student teacher.
(c) Herself.
(d) The principle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?

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

3. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?

4. Who came to work with Mrs. Paley in Chapter 9?

5. Who did Mrs. Paley first have a conversation with in Chapter 3 about her new job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the black parent in Chapter 3 said about ignoring racial differences.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

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

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

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