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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 that the Veteran's program enabled him to do?
(a) Increase his self confidence.
(b) Become a better public speaker.
(c) Come into his own as a teacher.
(d) Relate to students.

2. How did Jerry Williams act with the other veterans?
(a) Kind.
(b) Cranky.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Irritable.

3. How did Kathy feel at UCLA?
(a) Welcome.
(b) Out of her element.
(c) Alone.
(d) In her element.

4. What class of Mike's was Concepcion Baca in?
(a) European Literature.
(b) Historical Literature.
(c) Comparative Literature.
(d) American Literature.

5. How did Mike define remedial?
(a) Average.
(b) Substandard.
(c) Run of the mill.
(d) Counteractive.

6. Who taught Mike to work like a policy maker?
(a) John Anderson and Steve Ries.
(b) Steve Anderson and John Ries.
(c) Chuck Anderson and Chip Ries.
(d) Chip Anderson and Chuck Ries.

7. What did Mike's increased work in the Tutorial Center force him to participate in?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Public speaking.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Policy making.

8. What building on the UCLA campus housed the Tutorial Center?
(a) Tudor Hall.
(b) Campbell Hall.
(c) Edwardian Hall.
(d) Johnson Hall.

9. What reading made Blanche laugh aloud when Mike was teaching literature?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Austen.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Jones.

10. What did Mike believe that his students needed to be immersed in?
(a) Talking, reading, and writing.
(b) Good teaching.
(c) Fine literature.
(d) The ability to self express.

11. What did Mike suggest Suzette use to avoid repetition in her writing?
(a) The tutor center.
(b) A grammar checker.
(c) Syntactic Maneuvers.
(d) A different approach.

12. What did Mike discover about the men after spending two months with them?
(a) The program was hard for them.
(b) They were complicated people.
(c) Each one was on his own psychic timetable.
(d) They all wanted the same thing.

13. What type of course did Mike want to develop for his students in the Veterans Program?
(a) A course to improve their lives.
(b) A course on past experience.
(c) A course on how to write better.
(d) A course on thought.

14. Who said that students "had been hurt about their intelligence"?
(a) Rose.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Maslow.
(d) Jones.

15. What class were developmental students required to take at a state college in Ohio?
(a) English and Grammar Usage.
(b) Remedial English.
(c) Advanced English.
(d) Basic English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Remedial Cases in Reading"?

2. Students with backgrounds like Mike, froze up when confronted with what?

3. What literature did Mike say that he knew little about?

4. What did the English Department in Ohio want?

5. Who sang Harold's favorite song?

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