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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is the educational system?
(a) A failure.
(b) An adequate system.
(c) A success.
(d) An equal system.

2. 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.

3. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $10,000.

4. How many computers did Ayers have in the corner next to the working loom for weaving?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?
(a) Small schools.
(b) Ideal schools.
(c) Big schools.
(d) Teacher-centered schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?

2. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?

3. What did Ayers's space have "lots and lots" of?

4. What became a helpful guide to teaching for Ayers and other teachers?

5. Ayers believes that learning is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What pains does Ayers say teachers usually face?

2. What did Carolyn Jackson suggest about what it means to be black in America?

3. Citing Ayers's research, describe the negatives of big schools.

4. How did Ayers build a laboratory for discovery and surprise?

5. How does Ayers suggest teachers give students the opportunity to choose?

6. According to Ayers, how do students describe teachers?

7. What does Ayers say that childhood is a time for?

8. According to Ayers, what is every child?

9. Ayers discusses a link between democracy and education. What is the link between democracy and education?

10. As stated by Ayers, why are people drawn to the teaching profession?

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