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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?
(a) Makes everyone equal.
(b) Solves problems.
(c) Alleviates problems.
(d) Creates more problems.

2. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?
(a) The south.
(b) The West coast.
(c) The north.
(d) The East coast.

3. What age did Mrs. Paley teach?
(a) First.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Second.

4. What was interesting about the other teacher's assumptions about Fred's problems?
(a) They were being really kind.
(b) They were being really mean.
(c) They never assumed that about white children with the same problems.
(d) They assumed he was retarded, like every other black student.

5. Where did Mrs. Paley think in Chapter 1 she would like to teach?
(a) Integrated schools.
(b) Europe.
(c) The ghetto.
(d) Private schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley begin doing in her classroom after being asked a surprising question in the preface?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley first have a conversation with in Chapter 3 about her new job?

3. What did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class do to be scolded in Chapter 4?

4. What does Mrs. Paley highlight through the experiences she recalls in "White Teacher"?

5. What was the name of the boy in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 4?

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