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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Ayers, what is in charge at the schools that limited individuality?
(a) The schedule.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The building
(d) The principal.

4. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?
(a) Teach great lessons.
(b) Create the "factory" student.
(c) To manage the mob.
(d) Teach students one on one.

5. Which Greek God did Ayers compare outstanding teachers to?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Achilles.

6. What is the focus of Ayers' book To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Second Edition?
(a) The lives of teachers.
(b) The lives of children.
(c) The lives of administrators.
(d) The lives of the incarcerated.

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

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

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

10. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?
(a) Teacher centered.
(b) Administration centered.
(c) Profit-driven.
(d) Student-centered.

11. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?
(a) 4 million.
(b) $400 million.
(c) $200 million.
(d) 2 million.

12. What does Ayers say is required to teach from a solid base of knowing students?
(a) Support.
(b) Vision.
(c) Patience.
(d) Hope.

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

14. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?
(a) The willingness to embrace the new.
(b) The ongoing conversation about teaching.
(c) The problems that plagued education.
(d) A new focus.

15. What do kids see that school is linked by more than anything else?
(a) By development.
(b) By age.
(c) By subject.
(d) By sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?

2. How did Ayers stay alive as a teacher?

3. Which child's father was active in the civil rights movement?

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

5. What was one of the goals of the Prospect School?

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