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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Harold's fourth grade teacher's recommendation for him?
(a) To get one on one assistance.
(b) To be placed in an advanced class.
(c) To work harder.
(d) To be placed in a special needs class.

2. What type of curriculum did Mike say was the used by one teacher in his new job?
(a) Independent.
(b) Maverick.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Focused.

3. Why wouldn't Millie identify the word imagined?
(a) She found it too difficult.
(b) She couldn't understand it.
(c) She didn't want too.
(d) She was scared of it.

4. What did Mike give Jack to read?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) All Our Kin.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

6. What did Mike say was typically the origin of a failed education?
(a) Inadequate curriculum.
(b) Social issues.
(c) Inattentive students.
(d) Poor teachers.

7. What literature course did Mike teach during his time with the Veterans' Program?
(a) Advanced Humanities.
(b) Introductory Grammar.
(c) Advanced Grammar.
(d) Introductory Humanities.

8. What did Mike choose as the subject of his curriculum in the Veteran's Program?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) War experiences.
(c) Personal demons.
(d) Family life.

9. Who helped Mike on his project during his first year?
(a) John Stevens.
(b) Father Albertson.
(c) Chip Anderson.
(d) Alex Rosa.

10. Who cautioned against psychological labeling?
(a) Maslow.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Jones.
(d) Rose.

11. What did Mike do most of his first year at UCLA?
(a) Help students.
(b) Counsel.
(c) Creat a training program.
(d) Develope curriculum.

12. What did Mike's increased work in the Tutorial Center force him to participate in?
(a) Policy making.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Public speaking.
(d) Leadership.

13. When Mike was thirteen, what did he listen to with unease?
(a) Contemporary music.
(b) Jazz music.
(c) Public radio.
(d) Classical music.

14. Who said "It is what we are excited about that educates us"?
(a) Elizabeth Ewen.
(b) Michelle Ewen.
(c) Alison Ewen.
(d) Jane Ewen.

15. What was the name of the other counselor in the Veterans Program?
(a) John Ash.
(b) Michael Ash.
(c) Shulamite Ash.
(d) Stephen Ash.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mike, when did American colleges start using preparatory courses?

2. What was Robert Cole looking for in his investigations of childhood morality?

3. How much did Mike say he wrote as a child?

4. What did the men involved in the program say about themselves in high school?

5. Who said that students "had been hurt about their intelligence"?

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