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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. What does Ayers suggest is all about background, environment, setting, surrounding, position, situation, and connection?
(a) The teacher's work.
(b) The student's work.
(c) The principal's work.
(d) The parent's work.

2. 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.

3. What allows teachers to see what students are up to while asking them to do the work themselves?
(a) Project-based learning.
(b) Standardized testing.
(c) Classroom practice work.
(d) Homework.

4. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $30,000.

5. According to Ayers, what are standardized tests?
(a) Excellent.
(b) A great measurement tool.
(c) Bad.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?

2. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," what did John struggle with?

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

4. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?

5. In addition to a challenging environment, what environment should a teacher create?

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