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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. What did Mrs. Paley urge her student teacher to do?

2. What was the name of Mrs. Paley's first black student?

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

4. What did Mrs. Paley desire in her new job?

5. What did Mrs. Paley realize ethnic speech had little to do with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mrs. Paley want to achieve in her classroom from the protests?

2. What did Janet Albright explain to the hurt child about friendship?

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

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

5. Describe Fred and what his problems were.

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

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

8. Discuss what Mrs. Paley learned from Janet Albright.

9. Discuss what issue Mrs. Paley highlighted in Chapter 3-6?

10. Describe Janet Albright.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Rena's obsession with black people and how she resolved her obsession.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the black clique in Chapter 13 is an example of the book's theme of exclusion of whites in a world that excludes blacks.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what Claire Mireau suffered from and how that affected when she played with other children.

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