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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 believes that what sets up schools as institutional forms for re-creation of specific values and norms, dispositions, and assumptions?
(a) Societies.
(b) Cities.
(c) Towns.
(d) Villages.

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

3. What percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?
(a) 25% will spend some time in prison.
(b) 66% will spend some time in prison.
(c) 10% will spend some time in prison.
(d) 33% will spend some time in prison.

4. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) The audience.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The parents.
(d) The other students.

5. How many computers did Ayers have in the corner next to the working loom for weaving?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. What was the name of the group of housing activists who constructed simple and livable structures for the homeless?

4. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?

5. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?

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