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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Abraham Maslow.
(c) Erik Erikson.
(d) Jean Piaget.

2. Compared to 0 dollars spent on school construction, how much did Illinois spend on prison construction in 1999?
(a) 4 million.
(b) $400 million.
(c) $200 million.
(d) 2 million.

3. What was the average annual cost to house an inmate in 1999?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $30,000.

4. What occupation does Ayers say teachers must "take on" to understand children?
(a) Police Officer.
(b) Pychologist.
(c) Detective.
(d) Doctor.

5. What does Ayers say lesson plans typically begin with?
(a) With behavioral objectives.
(b) With an anticipatory set.
(c) With state and national standards.
(d) With lesson objectives.

6. Who created an impressive archive and research center where they have collected the work of hundreds of children over many years?
(a) Kevin Sweeney.
(b) Pat Carini.
(c) William Ayers.
(d) Maxine Greene.

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

8. Which child's father was active in the civil rights movement?
(a) Duke's father.
(b) Jose's father.
(c) Darlene's father.
(d) Kelyn's father.

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

10. Whose house always filled Ayers with tranquility?
(a) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(b) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(c) BJ's House.
(d) Coretta's house.

11. What does Ayers say is required to teach from a solid base of knowing students?
(a) Vision.
(b) Patience.
(c) Hope.
(d) Support.

12. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?
(a) Teach great lessons.
(b) Teach students one on one.
(c) Create the "factory" student.
(d) To manage the mob.

13. According to Ayers, it is important for all teachers to be what?
(a) Fair.
(b) Student-centered.
(c) Teacher-centered.
(d) School Centered.

14. In Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student," what did Ayers have children research for an assignment?
(a) The child's first name.
(b) The child's last name.
(c) The child's family's geneology.
(d) The area the child lived.

15. What do kids see that school is linked by more than anything else?
(a) By development.
(b) By subject.
(c) By sex.
(d) By age.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Ayers classroom, what dominated the window sills and counter tops?

3. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

4. Who was an amazing teacher that argued that the essence of cognitive development was "having wonderful ideas"?

5. What kind of teachers did Ayers suggest were needed now more than ever?

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