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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. Who was a veteran teacher that decided each summer to do a sustained study on something the teacher did not understand?
(a) Alice Jefferson.
(b) Joan Cenedella.
(c) Mara Sapon-Shevin.
(d) John Holt.

2. Whose house does Ayers say "invited one to pray"?
(a) BJ's house.
(b) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(c) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(d) Coretta's house.

3. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?
(a) Bismarck High School.
(b) Los Angeles High School.
(c) Berkeley High School.
(d) North Campton High School.

4. What Shakespeare play was Ayers's brother required to teach?
(a) The Tempest.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

5. Who noted that experience and education were not the same thing?
(a) Addams.
(b) Rilke.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Stanislavsky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ayers in Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what was the "work of life"?

3. As suggested in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," who requires standardized tests to comply with state law?

4. What did Ayers take away from a seven year old in the lunch room at P.S. 269?

5. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?

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