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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 percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?
(a) 10% will spend some time in prison.
(b) 33% will spend some time in prison.
(c) 66% will spend some time in prison.
(d) 25% will spend some time in prison.

2. What does Ayers say is required to teach from a solid base of knowing students?
(a) Vision.
(b) Patience.
(c) Hope.
(d) Support.

3. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) 3,746,000
(b) 333,746,000
(c) 33,746,000
(d) 333,000,000

4. Ayers believes that what sets up schools as institutional forms for re-creation of specific values and norms, dispositions, and assumptions?
(a) Societies.
(b) Towns.
(c) Cities.
(d) Villages.

5. In Ayers classroom, what dominated the window sills and counter tops?
(a) Classroom rules.
(b) Photos of students.
(c) Student projects.
(d) Teacher's artwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of school grew out of the civil rights struggle?

2. What animal did the children observe outside a Chicago steel plant?

3. In what publication did Bernardina and Zayd read coverage of the Central Park rape?

4. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

5. According to Ayers, what is in charge at the schools that limited individuality?

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