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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. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Her mom.
(b) A black parent.
(c) Her boss.
(d) A white parent.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?
(a) She had to call his parents.
(b) She had to slap him.
(c) She had to hold him down.
(d) She had to sit on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the preface, what was Mrs. Paley doing?

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

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

4. What did Mrs. Paley's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?

5. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Mrs. Paley want to achieve in her classroom from the protests?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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