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Mike Rose (educator)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educationally Unprepared Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Mike Rose (educator)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 type of high school student was Bobby?
(a) An underachiever.
(b) An illiterate student.
(c) A straight A student.
(d) A star.

2. Who did Mike say was the coolest kid he knew?
(a) Tyrrell Wilson.
(b) Alex Wilson.
(c) Samuel Wilson.
(d) John Wilson.

3. What did Mike say that teaching was?
(a) A difficult endeavor.
(b) The best job ever.
(c) A hard job.
(d) A kind of romance.

4. Which student's mother belonged to a motorcycle gang?
(a) Terry.
(b) Harold.
(c) Ray.
(d) John.

5. What subject did Mike have trouble learning?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) Speech.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "It was an exercise that was all analysis and no synthesis"?

2. In what grade was Hank tagged as a slow learner?

3. What did Mike's parents get him for Christmas?

4. Where were Mike and his team sent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In school, how did Mike defend himself against things he couldn't understand?

3. How did Mike describe the community of Maravilla?

4. What lesson did Mike design to help his students better understand vocabulary?

5. How did Mike describe Professor Gullans?

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

7. What did Mike say happened when students received extrinsic rewards?

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

9. How did Mike describe the Goddess of Grammar?

10. What did Mike do to make money while at UCLA?

(see the answer keys)

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