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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 was the title of the article in The Nation in 1896?

2. How many pages were lists of questions in Mike's college Shakespeare course?

3. What was the name of Mike's college roommate from South L.A.?

4. How many children did Mrs. Ramirez have?

5. Who had been Mike's mentor on Loyola's literary magazine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mike feel about the final assignment in Professor Gullans' class?

2. How did Mike describe the Goddess of Grammar?

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

4. Why did Mike say that he wrote "Lives on the Boundary"?

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

6. How did Mike describe the community of Maravilla?

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

8. How did Mike describe Mr. Wilson?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the focus placed on test results and how it affected students' placement in school. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what Mike believed led to a student's school success. 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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