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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) Life.
(b) Ladies Home Journal.
(c) Time.
(d) Redbook.

2. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?
(a) Sid.
(b) Pat.
(c) Chesa.
(d) Jose.

3. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) An adequate system.
(b) A success.
(c) A failure.
(d) An equal system.

4. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Job loss.
(c) Violence.
(d) School failure.

5. Whose house does Ayers describe as "dominated by the kitchen"?
(a) BJ's house.
(b) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(c) Coretta's house.
(d) Harriet and Efrem's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ayers claims that what type of school tends be mechanistic and managerial, hierarchical, and bureaucratic?

3. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?

4. What type of music was played at the detention center during work time?

5. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what is the often underutilized source of knowledge about youngsters?

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