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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. Who taught Mike to work like a policy maker?
(a) Steve Anderson and John Ries.
(b) Chip Anderson and Chuck Ries.
(c) John Anderson and Steve Ries.
(d) Chuck Anderson and Chip Ries.

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

3. What literature did Mike say that he knew little about?
(a) European literature before the 20th century.
(b) English literature before the 20th century.
(c) English literature after the 20th century.
(d) European literature after the 20th century.

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

5. Where did Andrea immigrate from?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two months into his tutoring at his new job, who offered Mike a full time job?

2. What color was Mrs. Morton's hair?

3. According to Mike what deterred students from writing?

4. Why wouldn't Millie identify the word imagined?

5. What did Mike buy to read as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mike struggle with when writing the procedures he used in his dissertation?

2. What did Mike's work in the Veterans Program help him to do in his life?

3. What types of exercises did the students do in Basic English?

4. How did Mike use poems and songs to teach language to the veterans?

5. What did Mike learn about developing curriculum from his time spent in El Monte?

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

7. According to Mike, turn-of-the-century English education was based on what?

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

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

10. Why did Mike say that teachers in some neighborhoods were unable to do anything for their students?

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