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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who disrupted the good friends in Chapter 10?
(a) A new teacher.
(b) A new loud black boy.
(c) A new loud girl.
(d) A new loud white boy.

2. What did Joyce claim to be in Chapter 17?
(a) To be mixed.
(b) To be lonely.
(c) To be white.
(d) To be gay.

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

4. How did the student teacher explain to the student what was happening when one student stopped being his or her friend?
(a) That they needed a break.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That they were crazy.
(d) That they were mad and needed a nap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley urge her student teacher to do?

2. What did Mrs. Paley learn was the best way to deal with racial issues in her classroom?

3. What experiences did Mrs. Paley draw from her own life to relate to her job's issues?

4. Who did Mrs. Paley have a conversation with in Chapter 19?

5. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?

(see the answer key)

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