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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. Ayers suggests that who "resisted the idea that there is some ideal child with whom they would be brilliant; they must reject the idea of social circumstance"?
(a) Parents.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Administrators.
(d) Principals.

2. What does Ayers say is required to teach from a solid base of knowing students?
(a) Patience.
(b) Support.
(c) Hope.
(d) Vision.

3. What Shakespeare play was Ayers's brother required to teach?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) The Tempest.
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

5. What did Ayers's space have "lots and lots" of?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Books.
(c) Animals.
(d) Boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?

2. How did deficiencies make Ayers feel?

3. Whose house always filled Ayers with tranquility?

4. What do kids see that school is linked by more than anything else?

5. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?

(see the answer key)

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