> I was an exchange student in the US, tests involved multiple choice questions, they were closed books with questions around rote memory. As a US citizen, man

> I was an exchange student in the US, tests involved multiple choice questions, they were closed books with questions around rote memory. As a US citizen, many tests were open book essay style, especially once we got to college. In public school however, lots of "standardized" multiple choice tests that were used to grade the school. Some of those tests also include an essay portion. Teachers in the US aren't paid to do grading, they typically do it at home in their own time, thus very few essay style tests.