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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mike say was a disturbing tendency among educators in his time?
(a) The poor were not able to understand.
(b) The poor were not given opportunities to succeed.
(c) The poor were viewed as different.
(d) The poor were viewed as remedial.

2. Who said that students "had been hurt about their intelligence"?
(a) Maslow.
(b) Lillian.
(c) Rose.
(d) Jones.

3. What did Mike say new college students had limited exposure to?
(a) A good grasp of grammar.
(b) Certain kinds of reading and writing.
(c) Large groups of people.
(d) Strong study skills.

4. Two months into his tutoring at his new job, who offered Mike a full time job?
(a) Dr. Jones.
(b) Dr. Sanderson.
(c) Dr. Carothers.
(d) Dr. Anderson.

5. How did Mike define remedial?
(a) Average.
(b) Run of the mill.
(c) Counteractive.
(d) Substandard.

6. What rank was Andrea in her high school class?
(a) 8th out of 500.
(b) 13th out of 500.
(c) 15th out of 500.
(d) 1st out of 500.

7. Who wrote that "Teaching bears a resemblance to the practice of medicine"?
(a) Albert Lang.
(b) Steve Lang.
(c) Paul Lang.
(d) Jerry Lang.

8. How much did Mike say he wrote as a child?
(a) Very little.
(b) As much as possible.
(c) Only in school.
(d) All the time.

9. What was Mike's reaction as a boy read Shakespeare?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Disinterest.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Interest.

10. Who wrote "Remedial Cases in Reading"?
(a) John Gray.
(b) James Gray.
(c) William S. Gray.
(d) Steve Gray.

11. What type of writer was Jerry Williams?
(a) Dedicated.
(b) Good.
(c) Poor.
(d) Overzealous.

12. How did Kathy feel at UCLA?
(a) Alone.
(b) In her element.
(c) Out of her element.
(d) Welcome.

13. Who tallied the percentage of students that misspelled mortgage?
(a) T.M. Guiler.
(b) S.W. Guiler.
(c) W.S. Guiler.
(d) M.T. Guiler.

14. Why did Mike believe that most of the men were involved in the program?
(a) They wanted to change their lives.
(b) They wanted to conquer their fears.
(c) They wanted to relate their war experience to others.
(d) They wanted to talk about their families.

15. How did Jerry Williams act with the other veterans?
(a) Cranky.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Kind.
(d) Irritable.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mike, what type of assessment of students was more legitimate?

2. What did Mike discover about the men after spending two months with them?

3. What did Mike say Aphasia was?

4. What did Mike believe that his students needed to be immersed in?

5. What was the title of Harold's favorite song?

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