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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 34-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 environment had changed.
(c) The classes were harder.
(d) The class sizes were larger.

2. At which college did Mike work?
(a) Menlo College.
(b) California State.
(c) Westmont College.
(d) UCLA.

3. As teenagers, where did Mike and his friends hang out?
(a) With Mike's parents.
(b) Downtown L.A.
(c) At a liquor store.
(d) At a bookstore.

4. What did a person being arrested throw into Mike's yard?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) 12 bags of heroin.
(d) Stolen property.

5. What college accepted Mike?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Loyola.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mike try to avoid his inadequacy in a particular subject?

2. What was the name of Mike's elementary school?

3. According to Mike, what did most students and professors call English A?

4. Who wrote that "schools are theaters were we play out the conflicts in the culture"?

5. What did Mike's parents want him to become when he grew up?

(see the answer key)

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