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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 made Harold stupid?

2. What rank was Andrea in her high school class?

3. What did Mike give Jack to read?

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

5. What was Jerry Williams addicted to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mike say was the link between students' backgrounds and their success or failure in college?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Mike feel summarizing was a crucial skill?

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 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 Mike's time at Loyola both helped and hindered him at UCLA. Use examples from the book.

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