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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Mystery of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ayers take away from a seven year old in the lunch room at P.S. 269?
(a) A knife.
(b) A metal pipe.
(c) A gun.
(d) Scissors.

2. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?
(a) Lillian Weber.
(b) John Holt.
(c) Alice Jefferson.
(d) Sue Hubbell.

3. According to Ayers, what are standardized tests?
(a) Good.
(b) A great measurement tool.
(c) Bad.
(d) Excellent.

4. Who was an exemplary teacher that argued that one central organizing goal in our schools must be the creation of communities of care and compassion?
(a) Eleanor Duckworth.
(b) Jose Vega.
(c) Mara Sapon-Shevin.
(d) Pat Carini.

5. Ayers believed that ____________ integrate and give meaning to other aspects of school and curriculum, along with engaging and focusing children's energy.
(a) Projects.
(b) Portfolios.
(c) Homework.
(d) Videos.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," what is the process of narrowing, punishing, and controlling from the outside that too often passed for assessment?

2. Whose house always filled Ayers with tranquility?

3. What did Ayers suggest should be the center of knowledge?

4. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?

5. In Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what instrument did Bear play?

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