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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) $50,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $20,000.

2. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?
(a) 50% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(b) 33% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(c) 25% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(d) 22% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.

3. Which Greek God did Ayers compare outstanding teachers to?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Homer.

4. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?
(a) Ayers did not let things bother him.
(b) Ayers stayed open to mystery.
(c) Ayers knew it all.
(d) Ayers closed his mind to others.

5. Who believed that "young children's thinking is concrete and immediate compared to the thinking of older children"?
(a) Erik Erikson.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) Jean Piaget.
(d) Abraham Maslow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?

2. Who was an amazing teacher that argued that the essence of cognitive development was "having wonderful ideas"?

3. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," how did a staff review session end?

4. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what is the often underutilized source of knowledge about youngsters?

5. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?

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