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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley participate in in Chapter 3?
(a) A cake walk.
(b) A walk-a-thon.
(c) Advocating interracial schooling.
(d) Civil rights protests.

2. What did the two students have in common aside from their mothers becoming doctors?
(a) Same social background.
(b) Same religion.
(c) Same dad.
(d) Same favorite color.

3. Where did the child begin working in Chapter 12?
(a) The doll corner.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Art tables.
(d) At her desk.

4. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?
(a) Took a shower in the morning.
(b) Wrote in a journal.
(c) Kept notes about her classroom.
(d) Talked to herself.

5. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?
(a) Alma Franks.
(b) Alma Fredrickson.
(c) Alma Matter.
(d) Alma Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with at the end of Chapter 3?

3. What did Mrs. Paley notice about black children playing with other black children in the first few chapters?

4. Where did Mrs. Paley never have trouble chastising her student about using derogatory names?

5. What did the visitor ask the child to do in Chapter 12?

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