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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What type of high school student was Bobby?
(a) An underachiever.
(b) A straight A student.
(c) A star.
(d) An illiterate student.

4. Who said, "It was an exercise that was all analysis and no synthesis"?
(a) H.I. Marrou.
(b) J.I. Marrou.
(c) G.T. Marrou.
(d) L.M. Marrou.

5. Who did Mike feel was the worst teacher he observed?
(a) Mr. Allen.
(b) Mr. Tyrone.
(c) Mr. Wilson.
(d) Mr. Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What record did Mike play for his students when teaching them about old fashioned story telling?

2. What grade did Mike get in College Logic?

3. What was the name of the apartment complex where Mike lived when he attended UCLA?

4. What were Nopales?

5. What was the name of Mike's college roommate from South L.A.?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mike feel about the final assignment in Professor Gullans' class?

2. What did Mike do with his student's writings?

3. Why did Laura struggle in Remedial English?

4. How did Mike describe Dr. Gunner as a teacher?

5. What did Mike remember most about his childhood school days?

6. During Mike's high school years, what were his feelings about going to college?

7. What did Mike learn from Jack McFarland?

8. What did Mike say he learned from the four men who gave him a good liberal education?

9. What type of ending did Hank write to the Rocky Raccoon story?

10. What type of school was Loyola when Mike attended in the early sixties?

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