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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 did Mike say Aphasia was?

2. What reading made Blanche laugh aloud when Mike was teaching literature?

3. How old was Andrea when she moved to America?

4. According to Mike what was a nickname for remedial sections in the 1930s?

5. Primarily, what type of high school student did Mike work with at UCLA?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Mike, turn-of-the-century English education was based on what?

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

3. What struck Mike most about people struggling to learn?

4. Why did Mike believe that the students' loneliness at UCLA was rooted in language?

5. What did Mike believe caused Suzanne to write sentence fragments?

6. Why did Mike think Harold's favorite song was "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels.

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

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

9. What did Arthur do when he went mad?

10. What did Mike say students needed to be able to succeed in college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what impact the Newsweek article "Why Johnny Can't Write" had on Mike. 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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