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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 was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $20,000.

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

3. What color did Darlene "spy"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

4. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?
(a) The lives of children.
(b) The lives of teachers.
(c) The lives of the incarcerated.
(d) The lives of administrators.

5. Which country's children did Gellhorn write about?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Canada.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Chesa when Ayers began caring for him?

2. What year did Ayers begin teaching?

3. What percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?

4. What does Ayers say the message should be to the children in youth?

5. 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"?

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