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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Mike's teachers encourage him to do so he might better understand what they were teaching?
(a) Make connections and enter into conversations.
(b) Join a study group.
(c) Have one on one meetings with them.
(d) Read more.

3. When did the Mike first meet Bobby?
(a) In the summer program.
(b) At a dinner with mutual friends.
(c) At a hamburger stand.
(d) In high school.

4. What were Nopales?
(a) Bottled cactus strips.
(b) Cooked cactus strips.
(c) Fresh cactus strips.
(d) Dried cactus strips.

5. What group was Mike uninterested in joining?
(a) Reading.
(b) Academic.
(c) Religous.
(d) Gangs.

6. Where did Mike and his team meet for dinner once a week?
(a) Joe's
(b) John's.
(c) Steve's.
(d) Ray's.

7. What grade did Mike get in College Logic?
(a) B.
(b) A.
(c) C.
(d) D.

8. What ethnic background was Hank?
(a) Blackfoot.
(b) Kalispell.
(c) Mission.
(d) Navajo.

9. What did Mike and his team do the other week days?
(a) Volunteer.
(b) Study for their masters degrees.
(c) Work in another school.
(d) Write a thesis.

10. Which student's mother belonged to a motorcycle gang?
(a) Terry.
(b) Ray.
(c) Harold.
(d) John.

11. How much did John pay to rent his apartment in 1962?
(a) $40.
(b) $20.
(c) $30.
(d) $10.

12. As a child, what did Mike like to read about?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Life science.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Anatomy.

13. Who had been Mike's mentor on Loyola's literary magazine?
(a) Mike Casey.
(b) Allen Casey.
(c) John Casey.
(d) Steve Casey.

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

15. When did Mike's mother come to America?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college accepted Mike?

2. In college, what subject did Mike find hard to study?

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

4. What subject did Mike have trouble learning?

5. What did Patti Masters make Mike to help him fit in as a teacher?

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