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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 Sylvia need to learn?
(a) Respect.
(b) Self control.
(c) Restraint.
(d) Love.

2. Where was the first time this child ever spoke to Mrs. Paley?
(a) AIn the courtyard.
(b) Boland Pond.
(c) The cafeteria.
(d) Recess.

3. What did the activity of acting out the story do for the class?
(a) Made them equal.
(b) Made them one big community.
(c) Made them separate.
(d) Connected them.

4. What happened to the child that had difficulties in Chapter 11 by Chapter 12?
(a) Claire began to have friends.
(b) Claire began to sing.
(c) Claire began speaking to children.
(d) Chaire began to read.

5. What was the boy wearing in Mrs. Paley's classroom in Chapter 14?
(a) A gang shirt.
(b) Bagggy jeans.
(c) Visible underwear.
(d) An offensive t shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the second girl surprised in Chapter 24?

2. How deep are the differences of the races in the later chapters of "White Teacher"?

3. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 14?

4. Who impacted the children's opinions of race?

5. How did Kenny act in the classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the doll corner in Chapter 17.

2. Discuss what Claire struggled with and why.

3. Describe Anna, the leader of the mutiny from the doll corner.

4. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for Claire?

5. Describe Sylvia.

6. What did Claire finally begin to do in Chapter 12?

7. What were the black girls hesitant to discuss in Chapter 21?

8. Who does Mrs. Paley feel influences children's opinions most?

9. How did the class react to Sylvia's absence?

10. Describe what developed at the end of Chapter 13 in Mrs. Paley's classroom.

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