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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 does Ayers say followed Jose around like a shadow?
(a) Violence.
(b) School failure.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Job loss.

2. In the year 2000, how many children did not have health insurance?
(a) 1 million children did not have health insurance.
(b) 20 million children did not have health insurance.
(c) 40 million children did not have health insurance.
(d) 11 million children did not have health insurance.

3. In which publication did Martha Gellhorn write a piece about loving our children?
(a) Redbook.
(b) Time.
(c) Life.
(d) Ladies Home Journal.

4. 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.

5. According to Ayers, what should the larger goal of education be?
(a) Increased teacher pay.
(b) Adequate education for all children.
(c) Complete overall of educational system.
(d) Adequate education for 75% of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayers claims that what type of school tends be mechanistic and managerial, hierarchical, and bureaucratic?

2. What percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?

3. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?

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

5. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?

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