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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. Two months into his tutoring at his new job, who offered Mike a full time job?

2. According to Mike how did educators in the 1930s view literary problems?

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

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

5. What did Mike say that the Veteran's program enabled him to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Harold feel alone?

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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