View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?
(a) Redbook.
(b) Time.
(c) Ladies Home Journal.
(d) Life.

2. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Jose.
(c) Duke.
(d) Irene.

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. Whose house always filled Ayers with tranquility?
(a) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(b) BJ's House.
(c) Coretta's house.
(d) Malcolm and Sue's house.

5. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?
(a) Student-centered.
(b) Teacher centered.
(c) Administration centered.
(d) Profit-driven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayers build that contained literature of diversity and inclusion?

2. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?

3. Which group of people are naturally curious about their world they inhabit?

4. In Alex Haley's writing, whose coming of age ceremony did he record?

5. Who was a veteran teacher that decided each summer to do a sustained study on something the teacher did not understand?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 196 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample