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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 literature course did Mike teach during his time with the Veterans' Program?

2. According to Mike, what type of assessment of students was more legitimate?

3. According to Mike what was task representation?

4. What did Mike say Aphasia was?

5. What did Mike say was a disturbing tendency among educators in his time?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way did Mike believe the education system required too much from their schools?

2. Why did Mike say educators viewed the poor as being different?

3. What did Mike struggle with when writing the procedures he used in his dissertation?

4. How did students react when they were assigned to take the English as a Second Language class?

5. What did Mike discover about Harold as a student?

6. What types of exercises did the students do in Basic English?

7. How did Mike use poems and songs to teach language to the veterans?

8. How did Mike feel the educators of his time viewed helping the poor?

9. Why did Harold feel alone?

10. What did Mike's work in the Veterans Program help him to do in his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Mike challenged the education system that was in place at the time the book was written. 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 Mike believed led to a student's school success. Use examples from the book.

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