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

2. When Ayers took children to the airport concourse, what did they do?
(a) The children watched people.
(b) The children ran.
(c) The children ate.
(d) The children sat down.

3. What did Duke bring to the attention of the other children about Mr. Ayers?
(a) Mr. Ayers's hands.
(b) Mr. Ayers's nose.
(c) Mr. Ayers's eyes.
(d) Mr. Ayers's mouth.

4. What occupation does Ayers say teachers must "take on" to understand children?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Police Officer.
(c) Detective.
(d) Pychologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Ayers preschool classroom, which area felt "cozy and home-like"?

3. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?

4. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?

5. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?

(see the answer key)

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