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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. According to Ayers, what are tests surrounded by?
(a) Rituals.
(b) Extreme colored borders.
(c) Stereotyping.
(d) Untrue statements.

2. What became a helpful guide to teaching for Ayers and other teachers?
(a) The teacher taught straight from the book.
(b) Videos of best practice.
(c) Motivational speakers visited and taught.
(d) The teacher allowed the student to pursue their goals.

3. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.
(a) Learning.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Choosing.

4. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Nel Noddings.
(c) Hannah Arendt.
(d) William Ayers.

5. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) The audience.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The parents.
(d) The other students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argued that standardized achievement tests are problematic due to their "exaggerated importance"?

2. What did Ayers's students do preschool through high school that was considered a class job or responsibility?

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

4. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?

5. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," how did a staff review session end?

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