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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?

2. How did the student teacher explain to the student what was happening when one student stopped being his or her friend?

3. What was the result of the two boys who became friends although didn't remain friends?

4. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?

5. What did Mrs. Paley's actions encourage for her students to do in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Janet Albright.

6. Discuss what Mrs. Paley began to do in Chapter 5.

7. Describe Barbara.

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

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

10. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Mrs. Paley associated intelligence to a person's economic status and what she realized about her assumptions. How is this a form of prejudice in Mrs. Paley?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Sylvia and Ayana from one of Mrs. Paley's classes.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mrs. Paley's perception of the apparent and natural isolation of the black and white students. How did this segregation support or refute the work and progress Mrs. Paley had made up until that point?

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