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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house does Ayers say "invited one to pray"?
(a) Malcolm and Sue's house.
(b) BJ's house.
(c) Harriet and Efrem's house.
(d) Coretta's house.

2. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?
(a) Hannah Arendt.
(b) Vivian Gussin Paley.
(c) Kevin Sweeney.
(d) Maxine Greene.

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

4. Ayers suggests that what happens when teacher's begin to value a child's opinions and experiences?
(a) Children became close-minded.
(b) Children disobeyed authority figures.
(c) Children became more shy.
(d) Children began to think more openly.

5. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?
(a) Maxine Greene.
(b) William Ayers.
(c) Hannah Arendt.
(d) Nel Noddings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of school does Ayers say points toward students at the center of the education enterprise?

2. According to Ayers, what tells us what to do?

3. What was the name of the group of housing activists who constructed simple and livable structures for the homeless?

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

5. What did Ayers say "cramped choices and strangled life chances for the children of the poor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does learning require, according to Ayers's research?

2. Why did Aaron have trouble focusing as suggested by Ayers in Chapter 2, "Seeing the Student"?

3. Citing Ayers's research, describe the negatives of big schools.

4. What did Ayers say the first step of a staff review required?

5. In the classroom described in Chapter 1, "Beginning, The Challenge of Teaching," what were students expected to do in the classroom?

6. According to Ayers, what does learning with students enact and demonstrate?

7. Describe the link between dropouts and literacy skills Ayers addressed in his research.

8. What does Ayers say that childhood is a time for?

9. In Chapter 3, "Creating an Environment for Learning," what was found on the wall of Mr. Ayers classrooms?

10. What did Carolyn Jackson suggest about what it means to be black in America?

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