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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?
(a) Her students.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A collegue.
(d) A student teacher.

2. Who came to work with Mrs. Paley in Chapter 9?
(a) JJ.
(b) Janet Albright.
(c) Janey Albritton.
(d) Janice Alright.

3. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?
(a) The white children.
(b) The black children.
(c) No one.
(d) Racial differences.

4. What did Mrs. Paley recall from her own schooling?
(a) Being the only Jewish girl.
(b) Being excluded.
(c) Being the only girl.
(d) Being ugly.

5. What do the first few chapters of "White Teacher" introduce?
(a) Theme of equality.
(b) Theme of equal rights.
(c) Theme of Civil Rights.
(d) Theme of racial difference.

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

3. Where did Mrs. Paley's student teacher insist she was needed at?

4. How old was Mrs. Paley's student teacher?

5. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

(see the answer key)

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