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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 consumes millions and millions of education dollars?
(a) Failing school districts.
(b) The testing industry.
(c) Textbook companies.
(d) Successful school districts.

2. What, as suggested by Ayers, is a matter of solidarity between subjects and human beings?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Learning from experience.
(c) Linking consciousness to conduct.
(d) Finding allies.

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

4. Who argued that standardized achievement tests are problematic due to their "exaggerated importance"?
(a) Herb Zimiles.
(b) Lillian Weber.
(c) John Holt.
(d) William Ayers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do educators become when "talk turned to skills" according to Ayers?

2. In Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching," who suggested to "go into yourself"?

3. What do many teachers, according to Ayers, keep in a file cabinet or shelf that became part of a "museum"?

4. What did Zayd want to get like Crazy Horse?

5. What did Ayers say could be life-saving in the teaching experience?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the corner Ayers's classroom where students would have had access to materials regarding "coming of age."

3. What can't standardized tests measure?

4. In Chapter 7, "The Mystery of Teaching," describe the students at Imani School.

5. Explain the themes of Fratney described by Ayers.

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

7. What does Ayers say greatness in teaching requires?

8. What are the alternatives to standardized tests discussed by Ayers?

9. According to Ayers, what are good schools?

10. In Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum," what did Sarah's mother discuss?

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