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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?
(a) Los Angeles High School.
(b) Bismarck High School.
(c) Berkeley High School.
(d) North Campton High School.

3. Who was Chesa's teacher that admired Chesa's strengths instead of focusing on his weaknesses?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Nel Noddings.
(d) Kevin Sweeney.

4. Ayers believed that what is the strongest source of knowledge about a student?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Teachers.
(c) The parents.
(d) The student.

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

6. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?
(a) A strong commitment.
(b) A revolution.
(c) Parental support.
(d) Experience.

7. What Shakespeare play was Ayers's brother required to teach?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) The Tempest.
(d) Julius Caesar.

8. Who was the teaching assistant that pitched baseballs to a student everyday?
(a) Mara Sapon-Shevin.
(b) Jose Vega.
(c) Malik.
(d) Eleanor Duckworth.

9. What animal did the children observe outside a Chicago steel plant?
(a) Fox.
(b) Deer.
(c) Snowy Owl.
(d) Bald eagle.

10. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?
(a) Reading books about youngsters.
(b) Watching others interact with children.
(c) Watching videos of children interacting.
(d) Practice.

11. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?
(a) Erik Erikson.
(b) Abraham Maslow.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Jean Piaget.

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

13. What did Ayers's space have "lots and lots" of?
(a) Books.
(b) Boxes.
(c) Animals.
(d) Clothes.

14. How old was Chesa when Ayers began caring for him?
(a) 10 years old.
(b) 14 months old.
(c) 14 years old.
(d) 4 years old.

15. What does Ayers identify as a time of invention, discovery, and surprise?
(a) Adulthood.
(b) School.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Daycare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?

2. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?

3. Ayers suggests that what happens when teacher's begin to value a child's opinions and experiences?

4. What year did Ayers begin teaching?

5. Whose house always filled Ayers with tranquility?

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