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

2. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?
(a) Parental support.
(b) A strong commitment.
(c) A revolution.
(d) Experience.

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

4. Ayers suggests that what happens when teacher's begin to value a child's opinions and experiences?
(a) Children became more shy.
(b) Children disobeyed authority figures.
(c) Children became close-minded.
(d) Children began to think more openly.

5. Which child's father was active in the civil rights movement?
(a) Duke's father.
(b) Kelyn's father.
(c) Jose's father.
(d) Darlene's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?

2. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?

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

4. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?

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

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