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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Liberating the Curriculum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?
(a) Running.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Skateboarding.
(d) Football.

2. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?
(a) Reading books about youngsters.
(b) Watching others interact with children.
(c) Practice.
(d) Watching videos of children interacting.

3. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?
(a) $400 million.
(b) $200 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 4 million.

4. According to Ayers, what is in charge at the schools that limited individuality?
(a) The schedule.
(b) The building
(c) The principal.
(d) The teacher.

5. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?
(a) Create the "factory" student.
(b) To manage the mob.
(c) Teach students one on one.
(d) Teach great lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?

2. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?

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

4. What level of teachers needed to visit and revisit the regular curriculum question regularly?

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

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