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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. What did Patti Masters make Mike to help him fit in as a teacher?
(a) Dress pants.
(b) Dress shirts.
(c) Wool coat.
(d) 3 long ties.

2. When did the Mike first meet Bobby?
(a) In the summer program.
(b) At a hamburger stand.
(c) In high school.
(d) At a dinner with mutual friends.

3. Who taught the Mike's college course on Shakespeare?
(a) Father Jones.
(b) Father Albertson.
(c) Father Stevens.
(d) Father Erlandson.

4. Why did Bobby feel unable to achieve the same high standards at UCLA that he had been able to achieve in high school?
(a) The teachers had higher expectations.
(b) The classes were harder.
(c) The class sizes were larger.
(d) The environment had changed.

5. What did Mike's teachers encourage him to do so he might better understand what they were teaching?
(a) Join a study group.
(b) Read more.
(c) Have one on one meetings with them.
(d) Make connections and enter into conversations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other people were on Mike's team in the group he joined after leaving UCLA?

2. What was the name of Mike's UCLA professor who spoke with a Brooklyn accent?

3. As teenagers, where did Mike and his friends hang out?

4. According to Mike, what did most students and professors call English A?

5. What was Mike's favorite activity in the college group he joined?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Mike say that he wrote "Lives on the Boundary"?

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

4. What did Mike learn in the Philosophy of Man class?

5. How did Mike describe the community of Maravilla?

6. What did Mike learn from Jack McFarland?

7. What did Mike say were primary and secondary qualities?

8. How did Rosalie guide Mike in interacting with his students in El Monte?

9. How did the students Mike worked with feel about the standardized tests?

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

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