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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) With recess.
(b) The school day ended.
(c) A trust grew between Mrs. Paley and Alma.
(d) The school day started.

2. What did Mrs. Paley note about her class after she received advice in Chapter 2?
(a) Behavior in blacks and whites.
(b) The behavior of whites.
(c) Comments and behaviors regarding color.
(d) The behavior of black boys.

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

4. What was wrong with Fred?
(a) He was beaten at home.
(b) He had infantile speech.
(c) He was mean and ugly.
(d) He was mentality disabled.

5. What did the people Mrs. Paley asked advice for in Chapter 2 advise her to do?
(a) Focus on the behvaior.
(b) Ignore race in the classroom.
(c) Praise race in the classroom.
(d) Take a vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?

3. Where did Mrs. Paley mostly teach in Chapter 1?

4. What did the person Mrs. Paley was with ask her in the preface?

5. What does ignoring racial differences do in the classroom according to Mrs. Paley?

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