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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. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?

2. What did Mrs. Paley take a closer look at in relationship to ethnic speech?

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

4. How did Mrs. Paley respond to the boy's behavior in Chapter 4?

5. Who did Mrs. Paley get to recognize the changes in the young boy from Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

2. What did Janet Albright explain to the hurt child about friendship?

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

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

5. What did Mrs. Paley and her friends advocate?

6. What did Mrs. Paley question about her pleasure from the formed friendships in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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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