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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mike say Aphasia was?
(a) A psychological impairment.
(b) An educational defect.
(c) An impairment in the ability to use symbols.
(d) An inability to use the left side of the brain.

2. Who tallied the percentage of students that misspelled mortgage?
(a) M.T. Guiler.
(b) S.W. Guiler.
(c) W.S. Guiler.
(d) T.M. Guiler.

3. What did Mike say was a disturbing tendency among educators in his time?
(a) The poor were viewed as remedial.
(b) The poor were not given opportunities to succeed.
(c) The poor were not able to understand.
(d) The poor were viewed as different.

4. What type of curriculum did Mike say was the used by one teacher in his new job?
(a) Independent.
(b) Focused.
(c) Maverick.
(d) Difficult.

5. What was the Spanish word for a bass guitar with six strings?
(a) Bajo.
(b) Bajo Sexto.
(c) Sexto
(d) Guitarra.

6. According to Mike what was task representation?
(a) The way a person looked at a problem.
(b) The approach a person took in solving a problem.
(c) The way a problem was depicted in the mind.
(d) The way a problem was depicted in text.

7. What skill did Mike believe was critical?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Summarizing.
(c) Good writing skills.
(d) An ability to discuss the past.

8. What kind of problem did the ophthalmologist say Harold had?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Educational.
(c) Lack of interest.
(d) Psychological.

9. What was Mike's reaction as a boy read Shakespeare?
(a) Interest.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Disinterest.

10. Who said that they wouldn't understand the logic of error?
(a) Mina Shaughnessy.
(b) Sara Shaughnessy.
(c) Joan Shaughnessy.
(d) Suzanne Shaughnessy.

11. What literature did Mike say that he knew little about?
(a) English literature before the 20th century.
(b) European literature before the 20th century.
(c) European literature after the 20th century.
(d) English literature after the 20th century.

12. What color was Mrs. Morton's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown and gray.

13. What was the name of the other counselor in the Veterans Program?
(a) John Ash.
(b) Stephen Ash.
(c) Michael Ash.
(d) Shulamite Ash.

14. Who said that correctness was the era's "most significant measure of accomplished prose"?
(a) James Berlin.
(b) Steve Berlin.
(c) John Berlin.
(d) Michael Berlin.

15. What was Robert Cole looking for in his investigations of childhood morality?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Psychopathology.
(c) Pyschiatry.
(d) Pathology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cautioned against psychological labeling?

2. How old was Andrea when she moved to America?

3. What did Mike believe that his students needed to be immersed in?

4. What literature course did Mike teach during his time with the Veterans' Program?

5. What did Mike suggest Suzette use to avoid repetition in her writing?

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