Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Unprepared Test | Final Test - Medium

Mike Rose (educator)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Unprepared Test | Final Test - Medium

Mike Rose (educator)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 did Mike discover about the men after spending two months with them?
(a) Each one was on his own psychic timetable.
(b) They all wanted the same thing.
(c) They were complicated people.
(d) The program was hard for them.

2. What class of Mike's was Concepcion Baca in?
(a) Historical Literature.
(b) Comparative Literature.
(c) European Literature.
(d) American Literature.

3. Who cautioned against psychological labeling?
(a) Maslow.
(b) Rose.
(c) Jones.
(d) Johnson.

4. Who said that students "had been hurt about their intelligence"?
(a) Jones.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Maslow.
(d) Rose.

5. According to Mike, what was the focus of twentieth century writing curriculum?
(a) Grammar.
(b) Usage, grammar, and mechanics.
(c) Usage.
(d) Mechanics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "It is what we are excited about that educates us"?

2. What did Mike say was a disturbing tendency among educators in his time?

3. What was the title of Harold's favorite song?

4. What did Mike's increased work in the Tutorial Center force him to participate in?

5. What class were developmental students required to take at a state college in Ohio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mike learn about developing curriculum from his time spent in El Monte?

2. How did Mike help Millie on the word comprehension test?

3. What did Mike say was the base of twentieth century English education?

4. How did students react when they were assigned to take the English as a Second Language class?

5. What did Mike say students needed to be able to succeed in college?

6. What did Mike struggle with when writing the procedures he used in his dissertation?

7. How did Mike use poems and songs to teach language to the veterans?

8. What did Mike say was the irony of testing students?

9. Why did Mike feel summarizing was a crucial skill?

10. Why did Mike think Harold's favorite song was "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels.

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