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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. Who came to class to talk to Rena in Chapter 21?

2. What did the boy's parents agree to do in Chapter 14?

3. Who did Sylvia hit in Chapter 15?

4. What was the visitor curious about in Chapter 12?

5. How deep are the differences of the races in the later chapters of "White Teacher"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sylvia.

2. What did Claire finally begin to do in Chapter 12?

3. Discuss what Claire struggled with and why.

4. Describe Anna, the leader of the mutiny from the doll corner.

5. What was explained to Rena about races in family?

6. What was another result of the t shirt situation?

7. How did Kenny behave in class compared to out of class?

8. Describe Claire Mireau.

9. Describe what Joyce claimed to be.

10. Describe what the boy's t shirt caused in Chapter 14.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what the term "stepsister" meant to the black students. Do you think they were conscious or subconscious of its derogatory meaning in other forms?

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

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.

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