1. What percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?
(a) 33% will spend some time in prison.
(b) 66% will spend some time in prison.
(c) 10% will spend some time in prison.
(d) 25% will spend some time in prison.

2. What should all teachers take into consideration when understanding children, according to Ayers?
(a) Punishment.
(b) Lesson planning.
(c) Children's lives.
(d) Nighttime fears.

3. According to Ayers, how many Americans were incarcerated in the year 2000?
(a) 500,000.
(b) Two million.
(c) One million.
(d) 200,000.

4. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?
(a) Profit-driven.
(b) Student-centered.
(c) Administration centered.
(d) Teacher centered.

5. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Nel Noddings.
(d) William Ayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayers suggests that who "resisted the idea that there is some ideal child with whom they would be brilliant; they must reject the idea of social circumstance"?

2. What did Duke bring to the attention of the other children about Mr. Ayers?

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

4. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?

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

(see the answer key)

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