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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of questions make up the majority of the standardized test?
(a) Essay questions.
(b) Short answer questions.
(c) Multiple choice questions.
(d) Matching.

2. How old was Zayd when the transformation of child to adult began?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

3. What is a sophisticated and complex cognitive process as suggested in Chapter 5, "Liberating the Curriculum"?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Reading.
(c) Learning.
(d) Writing.

4. Which score from a sample group was the norm as suggested by Ayers?
(a) The middle score divided by 2.
(b) The highest score.
(c) The middle score.
(d) The lowest score.

5. In Alex Haley's writing, whose coming of age ceremony did he record?
(a) Kunta Kinte.
(b) Malik.
(c) Jose.
(d) Crazy Horse.

6. Who described an astonishing process while teaching a course "The Art of Black English"?
(a) Lisa Delpit.
(b) Gilbert Ryle.
(c) John Holt.
(d) June Jordan.

7. What is a great motivator for student ceremonies according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) The parents.
(b) The other students.
(c) The audience.
(d) The teacher.

8. Who was a beekeeper that often learned from the bees?
(a) Alice Jefferson.
(b) Lillian Weber.
(c) John Holt.
(d) Sue Hubbell.

9. Ayers points out that __________________________________ is the most powerful predictor of how a child will do on a test.
(a) Past education experiences.
(b) Educational background of the teachers.
(c) Educational background of the parents.
(d) School funding.

10. What did Ayers suggest should be the center of knowledge?
(a) The child and the classroom.
(b) Standardized tests.
(c) Presentations.
(d) Homework.

11. Who spent most of the summer designing a "core study" for students?
(a) John Holt.
(b) Joan Cenedella.
(c) Alice Jefferson.
(d) Mara Sapon-Shevin.

12. What did Ayers state is required for "greatness in teaching"?
(a) A developed curriculum.
(b) Learning.
(c) A great teacher trainer.
(d) An encounter with autobiography.

13. What is a fixed and unvarying oversimplified belief that carries negative undercurrents?
(a) Regional stereotype.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Cultural stereotypes.
(d) Regional prejudice.

14. What city is La Escuela Fratney located?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Greenbay, Wisconsin.
(c) Flint, Michigan.
(d) Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

15. How many inhabitants spoke English as the native tongue in 1988, according to Chapter 4, "Building Bridges"?
(a) 33,746,000
(b) 3,746,000
(c) 333,000,000
(d) 333,746,000

Short Answer Questions

1. What does great teaching demand according to Ayers?

2. Ayers said that someone is required to lay the first plank for what?

3. What does Ayers suggest that teachers have to be if they do not want to lose their capacity for renewal and growth?

4. According to Ayers in Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what was the "work of life"?

5. Who believed that "human beings spent their lives weaving webs of significance"?

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