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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Mystery of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?
(a) Big schools.
(b) Teacher-centered schools.
(c) Small schools.
(d) Ideal schools.

2. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?
(a) Cabrini Green.
(b) A shanty town.
(c) A habitat house.
(d) An old church.

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

4. Ayers suggests that who "resisted the idea that there is some ideal child with whom they would be brilliant; they must reject the idea of social circumstance"?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Principals.
(c) Administrators.
(d) Parents.

5. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?
(a) Drugs.
(b) School failure.
(c) Violence.
(d) Job loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was one of William Ayers mentors?

2. In Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," what is the process of narrowing, punishing, and controlling from the outside that too often passed for assessment?

3. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?

4. Who founded the Hull House?

5. How does Ayers feel about standardized tests?

(see the answer key)

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