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

3. What grades did Mike get in grammar?

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

5. Why did Bobby feel unable to achieve the same high standards at UCLA that he had been able to achieve in high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Mike describe Professor Gullans?

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

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

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

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

8. During Mike's high school years, what were his feelings about going to college?

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

10. How did Mike describe Mr. Wilson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the focus placed on statistics caused some students not to get the assistance they needed. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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