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

2. Who said that correctness was the era's "most significant measure of accomplished prose"?
(a) John Berlin.
(b) Steve Berlin.
(c) Michael Berlin.
(d) James Berlin.

3. According to Mike what was a nickname for remedial sections in the 1930s?
(a) Sick sections.
(b) Counteractive sections.
(c) Average sections.
(d) Remedial sections.

4. Where did Mike say he did his most unusual teaching?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Learning Line.
(c) Veterans Program.
(d) El Monte.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Jerry Williams addicted to?

2. According to Mike, what was the focus of twentieth century writing curriculum?

3. What did Mike say was the most enjoyable program they set up during their time in El Monte?

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

5. When did the Los Angeles Times write "A Drop in Student Skills Unequaled in History"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mike feel men joined the Veterans Program?

2. What did Mike say was the irony of testing students?

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

4. Why did Mike say educators viewed the poor as being different?

5. What did Mike say students needed to be able to succeed in college?

6. How did Mike help Millie on the word comprehension test?

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

8. How did students react when they were assigned to take the English as a Second Language class?

9. How did Mike feel the educators of his time viewed helping the poor?

10. According to Mike, what should be the focus of new college students?

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