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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. Where did Mike go to learn more about counseling?

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

3. What did Mike suggest Suzette use to avoid repetition in her writing?

4. According to Mike who initiated counter literature?

5. What did the men involved in the program say about themselves in high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Mike discover about Harold as a student?

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

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

8. Why did Mike believe that the students' loneliness at UCLA was rooted in language?

9. What was Jerry Williams' reaction when he was told he couldn't take the final exam?

10. What did Arthur do when he went mad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the changes that occurred in methods for teaching English and grammar from the early twentieth century to the mid twentieth century. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how in some ways Mike's childhood helped him to understand and fit into El Monte and how in some ways it prevented him from understanding El Monte. Use examples from the book.

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