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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 type of writer was Jerry Williams?

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

3. Who tallied the percentage of students that misspelled mortgage?

4. Who sang Harold's favorite song?

5. What did Mike's mother bring home to read when he was a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Mike help Millie on the word comprehension test?

7. What did Mike learn about developing curriculum from his time spent in El Monte?

8. What was Jerry Williams' reaction when he was told he couldn't take the final exam?

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

10. According to Mike, what should be the focus of new college students?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss how students from poor backgrounds were viewed in school. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the connection that Mike felt with some of his students from the Veterans Program. Use examples from the book.

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