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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Building Bridges.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?
(a) Job loss.
(b) Drugs.
(c) School failure.
(d) Violence.

2. When Ayers took children to the airport concourse, what did they do?
(a) The children watched people.
(b) The children ate.
(c) The children sat down.
(d) The children ran.

3. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) The other students.
(b) The audience.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The parents.

4. Ayers said that someone is required to lay the first plank for what?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Learning.
(c) Communication.
(d) Bridge-building.

5. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Self-awareness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which culture required that each boy kill a lion and be circumcised in order to become a man?

2. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?

3. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?

4. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?

5. According to Ayers, what tells us what to do?

(see the answer key)

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