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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who assigns numbers to textbooks linking books to "grade-level"?
(a) Textbook publishers.
(b) School Administrators.
(c) Textbook writers.
(d) Teachers.

2. What is the root word for evaluation discussed in Chapter 6, "Keeping Track"?
(a) Value.
(b) Test.
(c) Eval.
(d) Assessment.

3. Who must be autobiographers and be authentic suggested by Ayers?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Parents.
(c) Administrators.
(d) Actors.

4. In Alex Haley's writing, whose coming of age ceremony did he record?
(a) Jose.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Malik.
(d) Kunta Kinte.

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

6. Who founded the Workshop Center at City College in New York?
(a) Lillian Weber.
(b) John Holt.
(c) Joan Cenedella.
(d) Alice Jefferson.

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

8. According to Ayers, what does good teaching demand?
(a) Compromise.
(b) Love.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Humility.

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

10. How do students often meet the curriculum as suggested by Ayers?
(a) With excitiment.
(b) With indifference.
(c) Upset.
(d) Happily.

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

12. Who argued that good teachers incorporated all kinds of instructional strategies and are vigilant for "what works"?
(a) Lisa Delpit.
(b) June Jordan.
(c) Gilbert Ryle.
(d) John Holt.

13. What was the most recent standardized test Ayers took?
(a) ACT.
(b) Basic Skills Test.
(c) PSAE.
(d) GRE.

14. Which group of people are naturally curious about their world they inhabit?
(a) Parents.
(b) Administrators.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does great teaching demand according to Ayers?

3. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?

4. How old was Zayd when the transformation of child to adult began?

5. What is a fixed and unvarying oversimplified belief that carries negative undercurrents?

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