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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. How does Ayers feel about standardized tests?
(a) Ayers believes standardized tests measure students accurately.
(b) Ayers supports the use of standardized tests.
(c) Ayers enjoys taking standardized tests.
(d) Ayers has been a life-long critic of standardized testing.

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

3. According to Ayers, what is in charge at the schools that limited individuality?
(a) The building
(b) The schedule.
(c) The principal.
(d) The teacher.

4. What animal did the children observe outside a Chicago steel plant?
(a) Deer.
(b) Snowy Owl.
(c) Fox.
(d) Bald eagle.

5. According to Ayers, what consumes millions and millions of education dollars?
(a) Failing school districts.
(b) Successful school districts.
(c) The testing industry.
(d) Textbook companies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did deficiencies make Ayers feel?

2. What is a fixed and unvarying oversimplified belief that carries negative undercurrents?

3. Who was the teaching assistant that pitched baseballs to a student everyday?

4. What allows teachers to see what students are up to while asking them to do the work themselves?

5. According to Ayers in Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what was the "work of life"?

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