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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mike's parents get him for Christmas?
(a) A toy truck.
(b) An encyclopedia.
(c) A toy race car.
(d) A chemistry set.

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

3. In college, what subject did Mike find hard to study?
(a) Contemporary literature.
(b) Poetry.
(c) English Prose written before the 20th century.
(d) Psychological text.

4. According to Mike, what did most students and professors call English A?
(a) Easy.
(b) Bonehead.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Angsty.

5. What was the title of the article in The Nation in 1896?
(a) "The Illiteracy of American Boys."
(b) "The Growing Illiteracy of American Boys."
(c) "Illiteracy in America."
(d) "American Illiteracy."

Short Answer Questions

1. What grades did Mike get in grammar?

2. How many students were in Mike's college?

3. What did a person being arrested throw into Mike's yard?

4. What type of high school student was Bobby?

5. What subject did Mike have trouble learning?

(see the answer key)

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