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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what instrument did Bear play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Cello.
(d) Piano.

2. Who was a veteran teacher that decided each summer to do a sustained study on something the teacher did not understand?
(a) Joan Cenedella.
(b) John Holt.
(c) Alice Jefferson.
(d) Mara Sapon-Shevin.

3. What did Ayers consider people were when people, no matter how professional, were given the power to set a standard?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Totalitarian.
(d) Anarchy.

4. What does Ayers suggest is a highly personal and an intensely intimate encounter?
(a) Learning.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Acting.
(d) Marriage.

5. What does great teaching demand according to Ayers?
(a) Unique perspectives.
(b) An close-mind.
(c) An openness to standardized testing.
(d) An openness to something new.

6. According to Ayers in Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what was the "work of life"?
(a) Learning.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Choosing.

7. How many intercom interruptions occurred in the first four hours at P.S. 269?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

8. In Chapter 7, "Mystery of Teaching," who told a remarkable story of learning to read as a subversive activity?
(a) Dewey.
(b) Addams.
(c) Douglass.
(d) Rilke.

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

10. What did Ayers take away from a seven year old in the lunch room at P.S. 269?
(a) Scissors.
(b) A metal pipe.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

11. Who noted that experience and education were not the same thing?
(a) Addams.
(b) Dewey.
(c) Rilke.
(d) Stanislavsky.

12. What type of questions make up the majority of the standardized test?
(a) Multiple choice questions.
(b) Essay questions.
(c) Short answer questions.
(d) Matching.

13. Who brought the culture of the Sioux people to life for Zayd?
(a) Mara Sapon-Sevin.
(b) Bernardina.
(c) Mari Sandoz.
(d) Jose Vega.

14. According to Ayers, what are schools?
(a) Porous places.
(b) Learning factories.
(c) Large places.
(d) Small places.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of people are naturally curious about their world they inhabit?

2. Who spent most of the summer designing a "core study" for students?

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

4. Who founded the Hull House?

5. Who was critically injured in a mountain climbing accident and struggled to walk?

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