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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 does Ayers say the message should be to the children in youth?
(a) Do your best.
(b) You are here for an education.
(c) Focus on other students.
(d) You are a valuable person.

2. How old was Chesa when Ayers began caring for him?
(a) 14 years old.
(b) 4 years old.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 14 months old.

3. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Abraham Maslow.
(c) Erik Erikson.
(d) Jean Piaget.

4. What occupation does Ayers say teachers must "take on" to understand children?
(a) Police Officer.
(b) Detective.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Pychologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?

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

3. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?

4. What became a helpful guide to teaching for Ayers and other teachers?

5. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?

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