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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 did Mrs. Paley struggle with at the beginning of "White Teacher"?
(a) Discipline.
(b) How to teach blacks.
(c) How to mix blacks with whites in the classroom.
(d) How to deal with issues of race without creating a bigger problem.

2. What does "White Teacher" approach in its content?
(a) To find the apporpriate approach in dealing with white and black students.
(b) How to discipline.
(c) Equality.
(d) The Civil Rights.

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

4. Who did Mrs. Paley call in Chapter 1?
(a) Her mom.
(b) Alma's mother.
(c) Alma's father.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her place in society by the end of Chapter 2?

3. What was wrong with Fred?

4. How many more black children were placed in Mrs. Paley's class in Chapter 2?

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

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