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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Mystery of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ayers say "cramped choices and strangled life chances for the children of the poor"?
(a) Inequalities.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Schools.
(d) Parents.

2. What did Zayd want to get like Crazy Horse?
(a) A vision.
(b) Respect.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Faith.

3. According to Ayers, what should the larger goal of education be?
(a) Adequate education for all children.
(b) Complete overall of educational system.
(c) Adequate education for 75% of children.
(d) Increased teacher pay.

4. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?
(a) Teacher-centered schools.
(b) Small schools.
(c) Ideal schools.
(d) Big schools.

5. How many intercom interruptions occurred in the first four hours at P.S. 269?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became a helpful guide to teaching for Ayers and other teachers?

2. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?

3. In Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," what is the process of narrowing, punishing, and controlling from the outside that too often passed for assessment?

4. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?

5. What object did Ayers compare teaching to in Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching"?

(see the answer key)

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