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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the goals of the Prospect School?
(a) Higher pay for teachers.
(b) Less structured curriculum.
(c) Supported teacher's efforts to create a learning culture.
(d) Supported students rights.

2. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?
(a) An old church.
(b) Cabrini Green.
(c) A habitat house.
(d) A shanty town.

3. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?
(a) No adult cared if they stayed.
(b) Not enough homework.
(c) Too much homework.
(d) Saw no value in educaiton.

4. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?
(a) William Ayers.
(b) Nel Noddings.
(c) Maxine Greene.
(d) Hannah Arendt.

5. What did Ayers say died at an early age for too many young Americans?
(a) Parents.
(b) Grandparents.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?

2. What occupation does Ayers say teachers must "take on" to understand children?

3. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?

4. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

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

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