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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 color was Mrs. Morton's hair?

2. Students with backgrounds like Mike, froze up when confronted with what?

3. Where did Mike say he did his most unusual teaching?

4. How long was the Freshman Summer Program?

5. What did Mike believe that his students needed to be immersed in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Arthur do when he went mad?

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

3. Why did Harold feel alone?

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

5. What did Mike say was the irony of testing students?

6. According to Mike, how did nineteenth century educators view their mission to help the poor?

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

8. What did Mike say was the base of twentieth century English education?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the methods that Mike used to teach his students in El Monte. Use examples from the book.

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