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

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

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

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

5. What did Ayers suggest should be the center of knowledge?
(a) Presentations.
(b) The child and the classroom.
(c) Standardized tests.
(d) Homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Mystery of Teaching," who told a remarkable story of learning to read as a subversive activity?

2. Who founded the Hull House?

3. Who argued that as soon as an actor believed she or he was "master of the part, rigor mortis is already set in"?

4. How many intercom interruptions occurred in the first four hours at P.S. 269?

5. According to Ayers, what are standardized tests?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching," what problems occurred when teachers tried to implement a new idea every day?

2. What did Ayers mean when he linked "consciousness to conduct"?

3. How did Ayers describe Zayd's pursuing of his "coming of age" ceremony?

4. What are some ways that teachers can keep track of student achievement according to Ayers?

5. Based on Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," describe why Zayd's project, a project focused on values, was an important hopeful approach to teaching.

6. According to Ayers, where do standardized tests push well-intentioned teachers and school leaders?

7. What does Ayers believe the fundamental curriculum question is?

8. What were Ayers's feelings during the Illinois Teachers Basic Skills Test?

9. In Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what did the second grade newsletter contain?

10. What are Ayers's feelings on standardized tests?

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