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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 believe helped the disruptive young boy?
(a) Love.
(b) Being scolded.
(c) Discipline techniques.
(d) Attention.

2. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?
(a) The ghetto.
(b) Europe.
(c) Private schools.
(d) Integrated schools.

3. Who would often speak in ethnic speech in Chapter 7?
(a) Two black girls of equal social class
(b) Two black boys.
(c) Two black girls of lower social class.
(d) Two white girls mocking the blacks.

4. What kind of club did Barbara organize?
(a) A Black one.
(b) A Jewish one.
(c) A White one.
(d) A Catholic one.

5. Who was the smartest girl in the class in Chapter 7?
(a) Arlene.
(b) Claire.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Mary Anne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?

2. Who made Mrs. Paley dislike her job at one point?

3. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?

4. What did Mrs. Paley struggle with at the beginning of "White Teacher"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Barbara.

4. Discuss what issue Mrs. Paley highlighted in Chapter 3-6?

5. Describe Mrs. Paley's first black student.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

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