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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Beginning, The Challenge of Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color did Darlene "spy"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

2. What does Ayers say "allowed us to glimpse into something of the depth of this enterprise and to unearth the intellectual and ethical implications"?
(a) The problems that plagued education.
(b) The willingness to embrace the new.
(c) A new focus.
(d) The ongoing conversation about teaching.

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

4. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?
(a) Crusading teachers.
(b) Experienced teachers.
(c) Tired teachers.
(d) Kind teachers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?

2. Which child's father was active in the civil rights movement?

3. What did Duke bring to the attention of the other children about Mr. Ayers?

4. When To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher was written, what percentage of American children awoke everyday in poverty?

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

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