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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, what happened the first time Mrs. Paley tried disciplining the disruptive boy?
(a) She had to hold him down.
(b) She had to sit on him.
(c) She had to slap him.
(d) She had to call his parents.

3. What was Sylvia's personality?
(a) A mother hen.
(b) Loving.
(c) Mean to everyone.
(d) A trouble maker.

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

5. Who was not referred to as the term in Chapter 25?
(a) Sylvia.
(b) Claire.
(c) Felice.
(d) Ayana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Paley observe in her class in Chapter 17?

2. What did Mrs. Paley arrange for the child to do after school in Chapter 11?

3. What was the result of the two boys who became friends although didn't remain friends?

4. When did Mrs. Paley first see Kenny?

5. What did Mrs. Paley question about her pleasure of the two students' friendship in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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