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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. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) A failure.
(b) An adequate system.
(c) An equal system.
(d) A success.

2. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?
(a) 22% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(b) 50% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(c) 33% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.
(d) 25% of American children awoke everyday in poverty.

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

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. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?
(a) Life.
(b) Time.
(c) Redbook.
(d) Ladies Home Journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?

2. Which Greek God did Ayers compare outstanding teachers to?

3. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?

4. In the year 2000, how many children did not have health insurance?

5. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," what did John struggle with?

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