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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Beginning, The Challenge of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ayers identify as a time of invention, discovery, and surprise?
(a) Adulthood.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Daycare.
(d) School.

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

4. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?
(a) Watching videos of children interacting.
(b) Reading books about youngsters.
(c) Watching others interact with children.
(d) Practice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?

2. What did Ayers say "cramped choices and strangled life chances for the children of the poor"?

3. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?

4. What did Ayers say died at an early age for too many young Americans?

5. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?

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