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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of high school student was Bobby?

2. What was the final project in Mike's UCLA Bibliography class?

3. Where did Mike and his team meet for dinner once a week?

4. What course did Mike take in his second semester at college?

5. How many hours a day did Mike spend at the UCLA library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mike learn from Ted Erlandson?

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

3. What did Mike learn from Jack McFarland?

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

5. How did Mike describe Mr. Wilson?

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

7. What did Mike mean when he said the classroom could be filled with possibility?

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

9. How did Mike feel that the students at Loyola related to each other?

10. How did Mike describe the Goddess of Grammar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the curriculum Mike developed for the students in his Veterans Program. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what impact the Newsweek article "Why Johnny Can't Write" had on Mike. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Mike's involvement in counseling affected his life. Use examples from the book.

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