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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. How old was Andrea when she moved to America?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

2. What reading made Blanche laugh aloud when Mike was teaching literature?
(a) Jones.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Austen.

3. What did Mike say was the most enjoyable program they set up during their time in El Monte?
(a) Spanish as a second language class.
(b) English grammar program.
(c) Writing class for adults.
(d) English program for Spanish speaking adults.

4. What was the purpose of the Writing Research Project?
(a) To study how writing was taught at Loyola.
(b) To increse the writing abilities of students at UCLA.
(c) To study how writing was taught at UCLA.
(d) To increase the writing abilities of students at Loyola.

5. Who said that students "had been hurt about their intelligence"?
(a) Maslow.
(b) Rose.
(c) Lillian.
(d) Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Students with backgrounds like Mike, froze up when confronted with what?

2. What did Mike choose as the subject of his curriculum in the Veteran's Program?

3. What was the title of Harold's favorite song?

4. What UCLA class gave Suzette trouble?

5. What rank was Andrea in her high school class?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What struck Mike most about people struggling to learn?

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

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

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

7. Why did Mike think Harold's favorite song was "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels.

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

9. What did Arthur do when he went mad?

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

(see the answer keys)

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