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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?
(a) John Holt.
(b) Sue Hubbell.
(c) Lillian Weber.
(d) Alice Jefferson.

2. In what publication did Bernardina and Zayd read coverage of the Central Park rape?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Chicago Sun Times.

3. Ayers suggests that _____________ tears down walls?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Good speaking.
(c) Learning.
(d) Education.

4. What do educators become when "talk turned to skills" according to Ayers?
(a) Simple-minded.
(b) Supportive.
(c) Open-minded.
(d) Close-minded.

5. Ayers points out that __________________________________ is the most powerful predictor of how a child will do on a test.
(a) Educational background of the parents.
(b) School funding.
(c) Educational background of the teachers.
(d) Past education experiences.

6. What is a sophisticated and complex cognitive process as suggested in Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum"?
(a) Learning.
(b) Writing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Reading.

7. What is an important window into a child and an essential part of any bridge's blueprint suggested by Ayers?
(a) Customs.
(b) Values.
(c) Culture.
(d) Family.

8. Who was one of William Ayers mentors?
(a) Denise Price.
(b) John Holt.
(c) Gilbert Ryle.
(d) June Jordan.

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

10. What type of school grew out of the civil rights struggle?
(a) SNCC Schools.
(b) Peace Schools.
(c) Black Power Schools.
(d) Freedom Schools.

11. Ayers said that someone is required to lay the first plank for what?
(a) Learning.
(b) Bridge-building.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Communication.

12. According to Ayers, what are tests surrounded by?
(a) Extreme colored borders.
(b) Stereotyping.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Untrue statements.

13. Ayers suggests that what is built on a base of knowledge about students?
(a) Outstanding schools.
(b) Outstanding learning.
(c) Outstanding parents.
(d) Outstanding teaching.

14. Which culture required that each boy kill a lion and be circumcised in order to become a man?
(a) African.
(b) Zulu.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Aborigini.

15. Ayers stated that ________________________ is more dogmatic and insistent than any religion or political ideology.
(a) Teaching.
(b) Choosing.
(c) Learning.
(d) Common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most recent standardized test Ayers took?

2. In Chapter 6, "Keeping Track," what is the process of narrowing, punishing, and controlling from the outside that too often passed for assessment?

3. What is the root word for evaluation discussed in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track"?

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

5. What do many teachers, according to Ayers, keep in a file cabinet or shelf that became part of a "museum"?

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