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

2. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?
(a) A strong democracy.
(b) Better legislation.
(c) Parental support.
(d) A republic.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

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

3. Ayers believes that learning is what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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