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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. What type of high school student was Bobby?
(a) An underachiever.
(b) An illiterate student.
(c) A star.
(d) A straight A student.

2. Why did Bobby feel unable to achieve the same high standards at UCLA that he had been able to achieve in high school?
(a) The teachers had higher expectations.
(b) The class sizes were larger.
(c) The classes were harder.
(d) The environment had changed.

3. How many days a week did Mike and his team work in the schools?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. What did Rosalie suggest Mike do with the students he tutored in October?
(a) Work with them individually.
(b) Work directly with them.
(c) Math exercises.
(d) Writing exercises.

5. What was Laura's father's job?
(a) Construction worker.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Food vendor.
(d) Restaurant owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Piers Plowman?

2. As a child, what did Mike like to read about?

3. Who created the literacy club that Mike joined in high school?

4. What record did Mike play for his students when teaching them about old fashioned story telling?

5. Which student's mother belonged to a motorcycle gang?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mike mean when he said the classroom could be filled with possibility?

2. How did Mike describe the community of Maravilla?

3. What did Mike say happened when students received extrinsic rewards?

4. How did Mike feel that the students at Loyola related to each other?

5. In school, how did Mike defend himself against things he couldn't understand?

6. How did Mike describe Dr. Gunner as a teacher?

7. How did Mike describe the Goddess of Grammar?

8. How did Mike describe Professor Gullans?

9. How did childhood reading open up Mike's world?

10. What did Mike do to make money while at UCLA?

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