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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 literature course did Mike teach during his time with the Veterans' Program?
(a) Introductory Humanities.
(b) Advanced Grammar.
(c) Advanced Humanities.
(d) Introductory Grammar.

2. What did Mike say that turn-of-the-century English education was built on?
(a) Latin and Greek grammar.
(b) Latin grammar.
(c) Greek grammar.
(d) English grammar.

3. According to Mike, what type of assessment of students was more legitimate?
(a) Worldwide.
(b) Local.
(c) Federal.
(d) State.

4. What did Mike do most of his first year at UCLA?
(a) Creat a training program.
(b) Counsel.
(c) Develope curriculum.
(d) Help students.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What UCLA class gave Suzette trouble?

2. What class of Mike's was Concepcion Baca in?

3. According to Mike what was a nickname for remedial sections in the 1930s?

4. What type of course did Mike want to develop for his students in the Veterans Program?

5. According to Mike what was task representation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mike say that teachers in some neighborhoods were unable to do anything for their students?

2. Why did Mike feel summarizing was a crucial skill?

3. Why did Mike say educators viewed the poor as being different?

4. According to Mike, what should be the focus of new college students?

5. Why did Mike feel men joined the Veterans Program?

6. What types of exercises did the students do in Basic English?

7. What did Mike struggle with when writing the procedures he used in his dissertation?

8. How did students react when they were assigned to take the English as a Second Language class?

9. According to Mike, how did nineteenth century educators view their mission to help the poor?

10. Why did Mike believe that the students' loneliness at UCLA was rooted in language?

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