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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Creating an Environment for Learning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ayers took children to the airport concourse, what did they do?
(a) The children ran.
(b) The children ate.
(c) The children sat down.
(d) The children watched people.

2. What object did Ayers compare teaching to in Chapter 1, "Beginning: The Challenge of Teaching"?
(a) A car.
(b) A can.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A house.

3. Who argued that "teachers can be aided in the difficult matter of moral choice if they can adopt an ethic of caring"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Nel Noddings.
(d) William Ayers.

4. What percentage of African American boys does Ayers say will spend some time in prison?
(a) 10% will spend some time in prison.
(b) 25% will spend some time in prison.
(c) 66% will spend some time in prison.
(d) 33% will spend some time in prison.

5. What was one of the goals of the Prospect School?
(a) Less structured curriculum.
(b) Supported students rights.
(c) Higher pay for teachers.
(d) Supported teacher's efforts to create a learning culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Ayers say "invited one to pray"?

2. According to Ayers, what is built when there is an engaged and active citizenry?

3. In Ayers preschool classroom, which area felt "cozy and home-like"?

4. What did Ayers's students do preschool through high school that was considered a class job or responsibility?

5. According to Ayers, what were many of Ayers's students when he began teaching?

(see the answer key)

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