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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Mike, what was the focus of twentieth century writing curriculum?
(a) Usage, grammar, and mechanics.
(b) Usage.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Mechanics.

5. According to Mike what was a nickname for remedial sections in the 1930s?
(a) Counteractive sections.
(b) Remedial sections.
(c) Average sections.
(d) Sick sections.

6. Where did Andrea immigrate from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) China.
(c) Japan.
(d) El Salvador.

7. Who said "It is what we are excited about that educates us"?
(a) Jane Ewen.
(b) Elizabeth Ewen.
(c) Michelle Ewen.
(d) Alison Ewen.

8. Where did Mike go to learn more about counseling?
(a) The Suicide Prevention Center.
(b) The Suicide Counseling Center.
(c) The Prevention Program.
(d) Counseling Program.

9. When did the Los Angeles Times write "A Drop in Student Skills Unequaled in History"?
(a) Fall 1976.
(b) Spring 1976.
(c) Winter 1976.
(d) Summer 1976.

10. What type of course did students take in the Freshman Summer Program?
(a) Writing.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Math.
(d) Science.

11. Why wouldn't Millie identify the word imagined?
(a) She was scared of it.
(b) She couldn't understand it.
(c) She found it too difficult.
(d) She didn't want too.

12. Where did Mike say he did his most unusual teaching?
(a) El Monte.
(b) Learning Line.
(c) Veterans Program.
(d) UCLA.

13. According to Mike how did educators in the 1930s view literary problems?
(a) From an insightful perspective.
(b) From a medical remedial perspective.
(c) From a remedial perspective.
(d) From a medical perspective.

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

15. What UCLA class gave Suzette trouble?
(a) Advanced English.
(b) Basic English.
(c) Advanced Grammar.
(d) Basic Grammar.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mike what deterred students from writing?

2. According to Mike, what type of assessment of students was more legitimate?

3. Who was the historian of numeracy?

4. Who wrote that "Teaching bears a resemblance to the practice of medicine"?

5. What did Mike discover about the men after spending two months with them?

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