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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. Who taught the Mike's college course on Shakespeare?

2. As teenagers, where did Mike and his friends hang out?

3. How many days a week did Mike and his team work in the schools?

4. What was the name of Mike's elementary school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson did Mike design to help his students better understand vocabulary?

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

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

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

5. What did Mike learn from Ted Erlandson?

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

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

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

9. How did Mike describe Dr. Gunner as a teacher?

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 how Mike's time spent teaching students in El Monte affected his teaching methods. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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