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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 name of Mike's UCLA professor who spoke with a Brooklyn accent?

2. As a child, what did Mike like to read about?

3. Who created the literacy club that Mike joined in high school?

4. What group did Mike join after leaving UCLA?

5. According to Mike, what did most students and professors call English A?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Laura struggle in Remedial English?

5. How did Mike describe Professor Gullans?

6. How did childhood reading open up Mike's world?

7. How did Mike describe the community of Maravilla?

8. What did Mike learn from Ted Erlandson?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the problems schools caused who students who were classified as remedial. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what experiences led Mike to become a teacher. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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

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