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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 place in society by the end of Chapter 2?

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

3. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?

4. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Mrs. Paley feel about Janet?

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

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

8. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what prompted Mrs. Paley to take notes on her observations about her class that later turn into her book "White Teacher."

Essay Topic 2

Explain and describe how Mrs. Paley disciplined the disruptive boy in Chapter 5 to rid him from his bad behavior. Detail its success or failure.

Essay Topic 3

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

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