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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grades did Mike get in grammar?

2. What did Mike's parents want him to become when he grew up?

3. When did the Mike first meet Bobby?

4. What was the title of the article in The Nation in 1896?

5. What record did Mike play for his students when teaching them about old fashioned story telling?

Short Essay Questions

1. In school, how did Mike defend himself against things he couldn't understand?

2. How did Mike describe Mr. Wilson?

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

4. What type of school was Loyola when Mike attended in the early sixties?

5. How did Mike feel about the final assignment in Professor Gullans' class?

6. What did Mike mean when he said the classroom could be filled with possibility?

7. What did Mike learn from Ted Erlandson?

8. What type of ending did Hank write to the Rocky Raccoon story?

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

10. What did Mike say he learned from the four men who gave him a good liberal education?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how not having advocates for their success in the school system affected students' performances. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Mike's time spent teaching students in El Monte affected his teaching methods. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what experiences led Mike to become a teacher. Use examples from the book.

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