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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. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her new job in Chapter 3?

2. What did Mrs. Paley urge her student teacher to do?

3. What was Mrs. Paley's plan to try after the incident in Chapter 4 with the young boy?

4. What did Mrs. Paley have her students share in relation to their ethnic background in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Arlene and Mary Ann discover in Chapter 7?

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

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

5. Compare and contrast Chicago schools to the southern schools Mrs. Paley taught in.

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

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

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

9. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Claire finally assimilated into the behaviors and nuances of the classroom.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the class activity of acting out The Three Billy Goat's Gruff united them and brought them together like a family.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Mrs. Paley finally gained her first black student's trust and what that meant for Mrs. Paley as a teacher.

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