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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. Ayers believes that learning is what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Not linear.
(c) Easy.
(d) Hard.

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

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

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

5. What exists less than a half-mile from the University of Illinois-Chicago?
(a) A habitat house.
(b) Cabrini Green.
(c) A shanty town.
(d) An old church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal did the children observe outside a Chicago steel plant?

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

4. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

5. According to Ayers, what is the mentality of schools?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between the old and new edition of "To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher"?

2. In Chapter 3, "Creating an Environment for Learning," what was found on the wall of Mr. Ayers classrooms?

3. What pains does Ayers say teachers usually face?

4. What did Ayers say the first step of a staff review required?

5. Describe the link between dropouts and literacy skills Ayers addressed in his research.

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

7. Why are people called to teaching, according to Ayers?

8. Why did Aaron have trouble focusing as suggested by Ayers in Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student"?

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

10. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," describe the treasure hunt.

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