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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Bobby feel unable to achieve the same high standards at UCLA that he had been able to achieve in high school?
(a) The classes were harder.
(b) The class sizes were larger.
(c) The environment had changed.
(d) The teachers had higher expectations.

2. Who was Mike's best friend in 1962?
(a) John Connor.
(b) John Stevens.
(c) Lou Minton.
(d) Alex Jones.

3. When Mike was in high school, where did he think he would go to college?
(a) Stanford
(b) Yale.
(c) Junior college.
(d) Harvard.

4. Who wrote Piers Plowman?
(a) Frank Langland.
(b) Steve Langland.
(c) William Langland.
(d) John Langland.

5. In college, what subject did Mike find hard to study?
(a) English Prose written before the 20th century.
(b) Contemporary literature.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Psychological text.

6. When Mike took a break from his fellowship, what subject did he take?
(a) Math.
(b) Pyschiatry.
(c) Social Science.
(d) Psychology.

7. As a child, what did Mike like to read about?
(a) Anatomy.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Life science.

8. Who said, "It was an exercise that was all analysis and no synthesis"?
(a) G.T. Marrou.
(b) H.I. Marrou.
(c) J.I. Marrou.
(d) L.M. Marrou.

9. What ethnic background was Hank?
(a) Navajo.
(b) Kalispell.
(c) Mission.
(d) Blackfoot.

10. Where were Mike and his team sent?
(a) Juarez.
(b) El Monte.
(c) L.A.
(d) Tijuana.

11. What was the final project in Mike's UCLA Bibliography class?
(a) Creating a bibliography on the teacher.
(b) Writing a bibliography on his favorite author.
(c) Writing a thesis.
(d) Creating a complete bibliography on a literary figure.

12. What was the name of the apartment complex where Mike lived when he attended UCLA?
(a) Green Terrace.
(b) Sherry Terrace.
(c) Jones Terrace.
(d) Westing Terrace.

13. How far was Our Lady of Mercy from Mike's home?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

14. What did Mike's parents want him to become when he grew up?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A priest.

15. How many hours a day did Mike spend at the UCLA library?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mike and his team do the other week days?

2. Who wrote that "schools are theaters were we play out the conflicts in the culture"?

3. What did Mike say was the problem with his curriculum?

4. What type of high school student was Bobby?

5. At UCLA, what was the first language Mike chose to learn?

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