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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asked how race relations were going in Chicago?
(a) Duke.
(b) Jose.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Irene.

2. Who was the subject used in a study by Davide Carroll?
(a) Sid.
(b) Chesa.
(c) Pat.
(d) Jose.

3. Ayers believes that what sets up schools as institutional forms for re-creation of specific values and norms, dispositions, and assumptions?
(a) Villages.
(b) Societies.
(c) Towns.
(d) Cities.

4. What sport was Jose La Luz involved in?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Skateboarding.
(c) Running.
(d) Football.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what should the larger goal of education be?

2. What does Ayers identify as a time of invention, discovery, and surprise?

3. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?

4. What model is curriculum built on based on Ayers's research?

5. In Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching," how did one learn how to work well with youngsters?

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