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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?
(a) Running.
(b) Football.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Skateboarding.

2. According to Ayers, what should the larger goal of education be?
(a) Increased teacher pay.
(b) Adequate education for 75% of children.
(c) Complete overall of educational system.
(d) Adequate education for all children.

3. 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"?
(a) Parents.
(b) Administrators.
(c) Principals.
(d) Teachers.

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

5. What object did Ayers compare teaching to in Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching"?
(a) A car.
(b) A can.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers identify as a time of invention, discovery, and surprise?

2. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?

3. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?

4. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?

5. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?

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