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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 record did Mike play for his students when teaching them about old fashioned story telling?

2. What did Mike's teachers encourage him to do so he might better understand what they were teaching?

3. In what grade was Hank tagged as a slow learner?

4. Who wrote Piers Plowman?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In school, how did Mike defend himself against things he couldn't understand?

3. What did Mike say happened when students received extrinsic rewards?

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

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

6. How did Mike describe the community of Maravilla?

7. How did Mike describe the Goddess of Grammar?

8. What did Mike mean on page 102 when he said teaching "is a kind of romance."

9. How did Mike describe Mr. Wilson?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the changes that occurred in methods for teaching English and grammar from the early twentieth century to the mid twentieth century. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what methods Mike used to get his students interested in the world of language and literature. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how not having advocates for their success in the school system affected students' performances. Use examples from the book.

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