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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Beginning Again, The Current Challenge to Teach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," what did John struggle with?
(a) Job loss.
(b) Abused at home.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Alcoholism.

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

3. What did Ayers say died at an early age for too many young Americans?
(a) Parents.
(b) Grandparents.
(c) Hope.
(d) Opportunity.

4. Ayers claims that what type of school tends be mechanistic and managerial, hierarchical, and bureaucratic?
(a) Small schools.
(b) Big schools.
(c) Student-centered schools.
(d) Ideal schools.

5. How did deficiencies make Ayers feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Ready for the challenge of learning.
(c) Inadequate.
(d) Fine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?

3. What requires a serious and sustained engagement with the enterprise and an intense focus on the lives of children as suggested in Chapter 8, "Beginning Again, The Current Challenge to Teach"?

4. In Ayers preschool classroom, which area felt "cozy and home-like"?

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

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