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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. What did Ayers's space have "lots and lots" of?
(a) Books.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Animals.
(d) Boxes.

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

3. What Shakespeare play was Ayers's brother required to teach?
(a) The Tempest.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. Who was an amazing teacher that argued that the essence of cognitive development was "having wonderful ideas"?
(a) Pat Carini.
(b) Eleanor Duckworth.
(c) Jose Vega.
(d) Mara Sapon-Shevin.

5. According to Ayers, what were many of Ayers's students when he began teaching?
(a) Savages.
(b) At Risk.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) Culturally deprived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

2. What is considered by Ayers an epidemic in our schools known as a toxic habit with no limits?

3. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?

4. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?

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

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