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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 did Mike say that he knew little about?
(a) European literature after the 20th century.
(b) English literature before the 20th century.
(c) European literature before the 20th century.
(d) English literature after the 20th century.

2. What word did Mike use referring to the lively UCLA building where he worked?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Vibrancy.

3. According to Mike who initiated counter literature?
(a) Ray Labov.
(b) William Labov.
(c) John Labov.
(d) Steve Labov.

4. How much did Mike say he wrote as a child?
(a) Very little.
(b) Only in school.
(c) All the time.
(d) As much as possible.

5. What color was Mrs. Morton's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Brown and gray.
(c) Gray.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mike, what was the focus of twentieth century writing curriculum?

2. What class were developmental students required to take at a state college in Ohio?

3. What UCLA class gave Suzette trouble?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mike feel the educators of his time viewed helping the poor?

2. What did Mike say was the link between students' backgrounds and their success or failure in college?

3. How did Mike use poems and songs to teach language to the veterans?

4. What did Mike believe caused Suzanne to write sentence fragments?

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

6. What did Mike say students needed to be able to succeed in college?

7. What did Mike say was the irony of testing students?

8. According to Mike, turn-of-the-century English education was based on what?

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

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

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