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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ayers in Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what was the "work of life"?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Learning.
(c) Choosing.
(d) Teaching.

2. In Chapter 4, "Building Bridges," what instrument did Bear play?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Cello.
(c) Piano.
(d) Trumpet.

3. Who founded the Hull House?
(a) Rilke.
(b) Addams.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Douglass.

4. What was the most recent standardized test Ayers took?
(a) Basic Skills Test.
(b) ACT.
(c) PSAE.
(d) GRE.

5. What did Ayers say could be life-saving in the teaching experience?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Finding allies.
(c) Learn from experience.
(d) Linking consciousness to conduct.

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. How do students often meet the curriculum as suggested by Ayers?
(a) Upset.
(b) With excitiment.
(c) Happily.
(d) With indifference.

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

9. What does Ayers suggest that teachers have to be if they do not want to lose their capacity for renewal and growth?
(a) Sensitive.
(b) Close-minded.
(c) Open-minded.
(d) Self-critical.

10. Ayers said that someone is required to lay the first plank for what?
(a) Communication.
(b) Learning.
(c) Bridge-building.
(d) Teaching.

11. Ayers suggests that what is built on a base of knowledge about students?
(a) Outstanding parents.
(b) Outstanding schools.
(c) Outstanding learning.
(d) Outstanding teaching.

12. What, as suggested by Ayers, is a matter of solidarity between subjects and human beings?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Finding allies.
(c) Learning from experience.
(d) Linking consciousness to conduct.

13. What does great teaching demand according to Ayers?
(a) An close-mind.
(b) An openness to standardized testing.
(c) Unique perspectives.
(d) An openness to something new.

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

15. What allows teachers to see what students are up to while asking them to do the work themselves?
(a) Standardized testing.
(b) Project-based learning.
(c) Homework.
(d) Classroom practice work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayers consider people were when people, no matter how professional, were given the power to set a standard?

2. Ayers states that what type of teacher engages youngsters, interacted with them, and drew energy from students?

3. Who assigns numbers to textbooks linking books to "grade-level"?

4. What did Zayd want to get like Crazy Horse?

5. What level of teachers needed to visit and revisit the regular curriculum question regularly?

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