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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayers believes that learning is what?
(a) Hard.
(b) Not linear.
(c) Easy.
(d) Boring.

2. Who believed that "young children's thinking is concrete and immediate compared to the thinking of older children"?
(a) Erik Erikson.
(b) Jean Piaget.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Abraham Maslow.

3. What was the name of the group of housing activists who constructed simple and livable structures for the homeless?
(a) Helping Hands of Chicago.
(b) Mad Housers of Chicago.
(c) Housing Agency of Chicago.
(d) Habitat for Humanity.

4. What did Ayers's students do preschool through high school that was considered a class job or responsibility?
(a) Students napped.
(b) Students drew.
(c) Students cooked.
(d) Students read.

5. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?
(a) Chesa.
(b) Jose.
(c) Sid.
(d) Pat.

6. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?
(a) Crusading teachers.
(b) Experienced teachers.
(c) Kind teachers.
(d) Tired teachers.

7. What does Ayers state is part of the intellectual challenge of teaching, in addition to knowing students?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Self-awareness.

8. What does Ayers say the message should be to the children in youth?
(a) You are a valuable person.
(b) Focus on other students.
(c) Do your best.
(d) You are here for an education.

9. According to Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what is the often underutilized source of knowledge about youngsters?
(a) The child.
(b) Parents.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Doctors.

10. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?
(a) Kevin Sweeney.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Vivian Gussin Paley.
(d) Maxine Greene.

11. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) A success.
(b) An adequate system.
(c) A failure.
(d) An equal system.

12. According to Ayers, what tells us what to do?
(a) Our principals.
(b) Our parents.
(c) Our environments.
(d) Our teachers.

13. Whose house does Ayers describe as "dominated by the kitchen"?
(a) Coretta's house.
(b) BJ's house.
(c) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(d) Harriet and Efrem's house.

14. How many computers did Ayers have in the corner next to the working loom for weaving?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What should all teachers take into consideration when understanding children, according to Ayers?

2. What percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?

3. What does Ayers say is required to teach from a solid base of knowing students?

4. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?

5. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?

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