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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose mothers were both becoming doctors in Chapter 7?
(a) No one.
(b) Arlene and Mary Anne.
(c) Janet and Arlene.
(d) Mary Anne and Claire.

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

4. Who would often speak in ethnic speech in Chapter 7?
(a) Two white girls mocking the blacks.
(b) Two black boys.
(c) Two black girls of lower social class.
(d) Two black girls of equal social class

5. What was Mrs. Paley's plan to try after the incident in Chapter 4 with the young boy?
(a) Praising the good behavior and ignoring the poor behavior.
(b) Praising the poor behavior.
(c) Ignoring the bad behavior.
(d) Ignoring the good behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the student teacher explain to the student what was happening when one student stopped being his or her friend?

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

3. In the preface, what was Mrs. Paley doing?

4. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?

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

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