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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. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?
(a) Kevin Sweeney.
(b) Maxine Greene.
(c) Nel Noddings.
(d) Hannah Arendt.

2. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?
(a) School Centered.
(b) Fair.
(c) Teacher-centered.
(d) Student-centered.

3. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Nel Noddings.
(c) Hannah Arendt.
(d) William Ayers.

4. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?
(a) The lives of children.
(b) The lives of teachers.
(c) The lives of administrators.
(d) The lives of the incarcerated.

5. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?
(a) Kevin Sweeney.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Vivian Gussin Paley.
(d) Maxine Greene.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Chesa when Ayers began caring for him?

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

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

5. Who described a student as "ordinarily expressive and lively when talking about ideas and information"?

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