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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley have her students share in relation to their ethnic background in Chapter 7?
(a) Clothes and weather.
(b) Weather and music.
(c) Music and clothes.
(d) Pictures and different languages.

2. What did the two students have in common aside from their mothers becoming doctors?
(a) Same favorite color.
(b) Same dad.
(c) Same social background.
(d) Same religion.

3. Where dis Mrs. Paley eventually place the disruptive boy in Chapter 4?
(a) Time out corner.
(b) By the trashcan.
(c) The hallway.
(d) Time out chair.

4. What was interesting about the other teacher's assumptions about Fred's problems?
(a) They assumed he was retarded, like every other black student.
(b) They were being really mean.
(c) They never assumed that about white children with the same problems.
(d) They were being really kind.

5. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?
(a) The West coast.
(b) The south.
(c) The north.
(d) The East coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley note about her class after she received advice in Chapter 2?

2. Who did Mrs. Paley want to teach?

3. In Chapter 4, what did the young boy in Mrs. Paley's class refuse to do?

4. How did Mrs. Paley feel about her new job in Chapter 3?

5. Who was the smartest girl in the class in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the black parent in Chapter 3 said about ignoring racial differences.

2. What did Mrs. Paley question about her pleasure from the formed friendships in Chapter 7?

3. What did Mrs. Paley's friend suggest about Mrs. Paley's interest in her students?

4. Explain why Mrs. Paley decided to write "White Teacher."

5. Describe what Janet felt she was meant to do?

6. Describe Mrs. Paley's first black student.

7. Describe what made Mrs. Paley unsure of herself in her classroom in Chapter 6.

8. What did Mrs. Paley and her friends advocate?

9. Discuss what Mrs. Paley began to do in Chapter 5.

10. Compare and contrast Chicago schools to the southern schools Mrs. Paley taught in.

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