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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. Why wouldn't Millie identify the word imagined?

2. What did Mike choose as the subject of his curriculum in the Veteran's Program?

3. Who said that they wouldn't understand the logic of error?

4. Who was the historian of numeracy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why did Mike say that teachers in some neighborhoods were unable to do anything for their students?

7. What did Mike's work in the Veterans Program help him to do in his life?

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

9. What did Arthur do when he went mad?

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

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 in some ways Mike's childhood helped him to understand and fit into El Monte and how in some ways it prevented him from understanding El Monte. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what effect Mike's experience with literary works had on his teaching methods. Use examples from the book.

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