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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 exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?
(a) A habitat house.
(b) An old church.
(c) Cabrini Green.
(d) A shanty town.

2. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?
(a) The lives of administrators.
(b) The lives of the incarcerated.
(c) The lives of teachers.
(d) The lives of children.

3. Ayers believed that ____________ integrate and give meaning to other aspects of school and curriculum, along with engaging and focusing children's energy.
(a) Homework.
(b) Projects.
(c) Portfolios.
(d) Videos.

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 began to think more openly.
(c) Children disobeyed authority figures.
(d) Children became close-minded.

5. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?
(a) Los Angeles High School.
(b) Bismarck High School.
(c) North Campton High School.
(d) Berkeley High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," what did John struggle with?

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

3. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?

4. What did Ayers's space have "lots and lots" of?

5. When Ayers took children to the airport concourse, what did they do?

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