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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mrs. Paley accept a job in Chapter 3?

2. What did Mrs. Paley urge the school district to do in Chapter 3?

3. Where did Mrs. Paley teach?

4. What happened to Mrs. Paley when she moved back to Chicago?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss what Mrs. Paley's friend asked her in the preface.

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

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

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

5. Discuss what Steven almost forced Mrs. Paley to do.

6. What did Mrs. Paley's colleagues suggest about Fred?

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

8. Discuss what Mrs. Paley tried to use from her own experiences in connection to her student's.

9. What did Mrs. Paley limit Steven to and what was the result?

10. Describe what Mrs. Paley struggled with that prompted her to write "White Teacher."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what prompted Mrs. Paley to take notes on her observations about her class that later turn into her book "White Teacher."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mrs. Paley's perception of the apparent and natural isolation of the black and white students. How did this segregation support or refute the work and progress Mrs. Paley had made up until that point?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Felice's father wanted Mrs. Paley to do and why he believed this would solve his daughter's nightmares. How did Mrs. Paley react to this request made by Felice's father?

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