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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's action of ignoring racial differences do according to the conversation with the second person in Chapter 3?
(a) Robbed her of what made her special.
(b) Created racism.
(c) Advocated racism.
(d) Nothing.

2. What kind of club did Barbara organize?
(a) A Catholic one.
(b) A Jewish one.
(c) A White one.
(d) A Black one.

3. What did Mrs. Paley urge the school district to do in Chapter 3?
(a) To bus black children into their schools.
(b) To offer learning alternatives.
(c) To segregate the schools.
(d) To desegregate the schools.

4. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) A mixed race school.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was Mrs. Paley with in the preface?

4. In Chapter 5, who did Mrs. Paley begin to offer compliments to?

5. Who did Mrs. Paley go to for advice in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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