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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Nel Noddings.
(c) William Ayers.
(d) Hannah Arendt.

2. What was one of the goals of the Prospect School?
(a) Less structured curriculum.
(b) Supported students rights.
(c) Supported teacher's efforts to create a learning culture.
(d) Higher pay for teachers.

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

4. What occupation does Ayers say teachers must "take on" to understand children?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Police Officer.
(c) Detective.
(d) Pychologist.

5. What should all teachers take into consideration when understanding children, according to Ayers?
(a) Children's lives.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Nighttime fears.
(d) Lesson planning.

6. 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.

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

8. Ayers suggests that who "resisted the idea that there is some ideal child with whom they would be brilliant; they must reject the idea of social circumstance"?
(a) Parents.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Administrators.
(d) Principals.

9. What was the center of the approach used at Prospect School?
(a) Assessment.
(b) Staff review.
(c) Administrative review.
(d) Student review.

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

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

12. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?
(a) The teacher-centered model.
(b) The deficit model.
(c) The surplus model.
(d) The student-centered model.

13. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?
(a) Parental support.
(b) Better legislation.
(c) A strong democracy.
(d) A republic.

14. Whose house does Ayers say "invited one to pray"?
(a) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(b) Coretta's house.
(c) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(d) BJ's house.

15. According to Ayers, how many Americans were incarcerated in the year 2000?
(a) Two million.
(b) One million.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?

2. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?

3. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?

4. What did Ayers's students do preschool through high school that was considered a class job or responsibility?

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

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