Chapter 5 Quiz

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Teaching Tolerance

I. Reading Comprehension

Read each statement. Decide if it is true or false according to the readings in the chapter. Check the appropriate
box.

True False
1. The murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., made Jane Elliott decide to teach children about
famous world leaders.
2. Jane Elliott’s experiment showed that children’s academic ability can change in 24
hours.
3. Stanford University was not interested in Jane Elliott’s class.

4. Elliott’s students remember the influence her class had on their lives.

II. Assessing Language and Reading Skills

A. Read each statement. Decide if it is true or false. Check the appropriate box.

True False
1. All words have positive or negative connotations.

2. Sorting information into groups is a useful way to categorize it.

3. A synopsis includes a reader’s reaction to text.

B. Find the supporting details for the main idea. Circle all the answers that are correct.
Jane Elliott was a creative and special teacher.
1. Elliott helped her third-grade students understand a complex and difficult topic.
2. Elliott made her students experience discrimination for themselves.
3. When students were discriminated against, they felt upset.
4. The students remembered this experience 14 years later.
5. Elliott was from a town called Riceville, Iowa.
6. An American television program showed a reunion of Elliott’s class.

III. Critical Thinking

A. Choose the correct answer.
1. Jane Elliott learned about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., by watching television.

This statement . . . the main ideas of Reading One.

a. agrees with b. disagrees with c. has no connection to

2. It is impossible to teach people to be more tolerant.

This statement . . . the main ideas of Reading Two.

a. agrees with b. disagrees with c. has no connection to

3. Raymond and Verla, two of Elliott’s students, believed that her lesson was highly effective.

This statement . . . the main ideas of the chapter.

a. agrees with b. disagrees with c. has no connection to

4. Adults often participate in experiments like Jane Elliott’s.

This statement . . . the main ideas of the chapter.

a. agrees with b. disagrees with c. has no connection to

IV. Vocabulary: Reading One

Complete the sentences with words from the box.

Mother Teresa: Missionary and Caregiver to the Poor

astonished inferior privileges unique

1. Mother Teresa was shocked that a few people had wealth and _________________ , whereas others were
considered ______________ .

2. She _________________ the world by opening a Home for the Dying. She said, “A beautiful death is for
people who lived like animals to die like angels.”

3. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her _________________ contributions to the world’s poor.

Elie Wiesel: Writer and Holocaust Survivor

in contrast tolerant vicious

4. Wiesel said that his father taught him about reason. _________________ , his mother taught him about
faith.

5. Wiesel and his family were sent to a concentration camp, where they received _________________
treatment.

6. Despite these experiences, Wiesel believes people must not hold on to anger. Instead, he says they should be
_________________ .

Tommy Sands: Folk Singer

daring murdered reversed thoughtful

7. Sands is a _________________ writer and storyteller who uses his work to promote peace.

8. When Sands’s friend was _________________ , he wrote a famous song called “There Were Roses.”

9. Sands’s _________________ message challenges enemies to find creative ways to come together.

10. One of his stories is about two buses driving in opposite directions on a narrow bridge. One bus
_________________ so that both could go forward.