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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an important window into a child and an essential part of any bridge's blueprint suggested by Ayers?
(a) Family.
(b) Customs.
(c) Values.
(d) Culture.

2. Who was critically injured in a mountain climbing accident and struggled to walk?
(a) John.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Malik.
(d) David.

3. What does great teaching demand according to Ayers?
(a) An openness to standardized testing.
(b) An openness to something new.
(c) An close-mind.
(d) Unique perspectives.

4. Who founded the Workshop Center at City College in New York?
(a) Alice Jefferson.
(b) Joan Cenedella.
(c) Lillian Weber.
(d) John Holt.

5. In Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum," which college was referenced in a conversation Zelma participated in?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Northwestern.
(d) Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which score from a sample group was the norm as suggested by Ayers?

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

3. Who assigns numbers to textbooks linking books to "grade-level"?

4. Ayers points out that __________________________________ is the most powerful predictor of how a child will do on a test.

5. In Alex Haley's writing, whose coming of age ceremony did he record?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Ayers, how do teachers become students to their students?

2. What are Ayers's feelings on standardized tests?

3. What were Ayers's feelings during the Illinois Teachers Basic Skills Test?

4. In Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum," what did Sarah's mother discuss?

5. What does Ayers believe the fundamental curriculum question is?

6. What are the alternatives to standardized tests discussed by Ayers?

7. According to Ayers, where do standardized tests push well-intentioned teachers and school leaders?

8. In Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching," what problems occurred when teachers tried to implement a new idea every day?

9. What does Ayers say greatness in teaching requires?

10. What can't standardized tests measure?

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