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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. In Alex Haley's writing, whose coming of age ceremony did he record?
(a) Crazy Horse.
(b) Kunta Kinte.
(c) Malik.
(d) Jose.

2. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?
(a) Administrative review.
(b) Staff review.
(c) Student review.
(d) Assessment.

3. Ayers believes that learning is what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Easy.
(c) Hard.
(d) Not linear.

4. What did Ayers build that contained literature of diversity and inclusion?
(a) An Anti-bias classroom.
(b) A labratory.
(c) An Anti-bias library.
(d) A bias library.

5. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?
(a) Saw no value in educaiton.
(b) No adult cared if they stayed.
(c) Too much homework.
(d) Not enough homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do kids see that school is linked by more than anything else?

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

3. Who spent most of the summer designing a "core study" for students?

4. Which child's father was active in the civil rights movement?

5. What should all teachers take into consideration when understanding children, according to Ayers?

(see the answer key)

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