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

2. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $10,000.

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

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

5. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?
(a) Irene.
(b) Elaine.
(c) Jose.
(d) Duke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?

2. Who believed that "young children's thinking is concrete and immediate compared to the thinking of older children"?

3. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?

4. Ayers believed that ____________ integrate and give meaning to other aspects of school and curriculum, along with engaging and focusing children's energy.

5. Who was the teaching assistant that pitched baseballs to a student everyday?

(see the answer key)

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