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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 urge her student teacher to do?

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

4. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?

5. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what made Mrs. Paley unsure of herself in her classroom in Chapter 6.

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

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

4. Describe Barbara.

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

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

7. Describe what Mrs. Paley struggled with that prompted her to write "White Teacher."

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

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

10. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Janet Albright and why she was so successful at soothing the children when they were uncomfortable or in pain.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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