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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Creating an Environment for Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?
(a) The child's first name.
(b) The child's last name.
(c) The child's family's geneology.
(d) The area the child lived.

3. Ayers claims that what type of school tends be mechanistic and managerial, hierarchical, and bureaucratic?
(a) Small schools.
(b) Student-centered schools.
(c) Ideal schools.
(d) Big schools.

4. What did Ayers say died at an early age for too many young Americans?
(a) Hope.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Parents.

5. In the year 2000, how many children did not have health insurance?
(a) 11 million children did not have health insurance.
(b) 40 million children did not have health insurance.
(c) 20 million children did not have health insurance.
(d) 1 million children did not have health insurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what were many of Ayers's students when he began teaching?

2. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?

3. What does Ayers say is required to teach from a solid base of knowing students?

4. How did deficiencies make Ayers feel?

5. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?

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