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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group did Mike join after leaving UCLA?
(a) UCLA Literacy Group.
(b) Teacher Program.
(c) Teacher Corps.
(d) Veterans Program.

2. What grade did Mike get in College Logic?
(a) D.
(b) B.
(c) C.
(d) A.

3. How many Southern Italian peasants immigrated to America between 1880 and 1920?
(a) Under 4 million.
(b) Over 3 million.
(c) Over 4 million.
(d) Under 3 million.

4. Who helped Mike learn to write better?
(a) Dr. Stevens.
(b) Dr. Erlandson.
(c) Dr. Jones.
(d) Dr. Johnson.

5. How many books were required reading for UCLA's Modern American Literature course?
(a) 44.
(b) 33.
(c) 55.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other people were on Mike's team in the group he joined after leaving UCLA?

2. Who lived with Mike when he was seventeen?

3. What type of high school student was Bobby?

4. What was the name of Mike's college roommate from South L.A.?

5. What was a resume called in the academy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rosalie guide Mike in interacting with his students in El Monte?

2. Why did Laura struggle in Remedial English?

3. How did Mike describe the Goddess of Grammar?

4. How did childhood reading open up Mike's world?

5. What did Mike do with his student's writings?

6. What did Mike say happened when students received extrinsic rewards?

7. How did Mike describe Professor Gullans?

8. How did Mike feel that the students at Loyola related to each other?

9. What did Mike mean on page 102 when he said teaching "is a kind of romance."

10. During Mike's high school years, what were his feelings about going to college?

(see the answer keys)

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