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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 the exploration of ethnicity do for Mrs. Paley's students?

3. What kind of club did Barbara organize?

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

5. Where did Mrs. Paley's student teacher insist she was needed at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Janet Albright.

9. Describe what the black parent in Chapter 3 said about ignoring racial differences.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the boy's offensive t-shirt and how it showed that the children were introducing the derogatory terms. How did the children introducing the terms make it difficult for Mrs. Paley?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss what Felice's father wanted Mrs. Paley to do and why he believed this would solve his daughter's nightmares. How did Mrs. Paley react to this request made by Felice's father?

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