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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 was the name of the apartment complex where Mike lived when he attended UCLA?

2. Why did Bobby feel unable to achieve the same high standards at UCLA that he had been able to achieve in high school?

3. What was the name of Mike's UCLA professor who spoke with a Brooklyn accent?

4. Where were Mike and his team sent?

5. What did Mike's parents get him for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Mike say that he wrote "Lives on the Boundary"?

2. How did the students Mike worked with feel about the standardized tests?

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

4. What did Mike say were primary and secondary qualities?

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

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

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

8. How did Mike describe the community of Maravilla?

9. What did Mike learn from Ted Erlandson?

10. What did Mike learn from Jack McFarland?

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 at Loyola both helped and hindered him at UCLA. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what effect Mike's experience with literary works had on his teaching methods. Use examples from the book.

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