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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which student's parents were alcoholics?
(a) Ray.
(b) John.
(c) Alex.
(d) Harold.

4. How many Southern Italian peasants immigrated to America between 1880 and 1920?
(a) Over 3 million.
(b) Under 3 million.
(c) Over 4 million.
(d) Under 4 million.

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

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

7. 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) Read more.
(c) Join a study group.
(d) Have one on one meetings with them.

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

9. In what grade was Hank tagged as a slow learner?
(a) 1st grade.
(b) 3rd grade.
(c) 4th grade.
(d) 2nd grade.

10. How many pages were lists of questions in Mike's college Shakespeare course?
(a) 10-15.
(b) 15-20.
(c) 1-5.
(d) 5-10.

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

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

13. Who created the literacy club that Mike joined in high school?
(a) Joe Mcfarland.
(b) Jim Mcfarland.
(c) Jack Mcfarland.
(d) John Mcfarland.

14. How many other people were on Mike's team in the group he joined after leaving UCLA?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Mike join after leaving UCLA?

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

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

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

5. What did Mike and his team do the other week days?

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