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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, Junior Year - Fall 1996.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a student compare O.J. Simpson's trial to?
(a) The trial of the student's brother for murder.
(b) The student's mother's trial for murder.
(c) A trial where the student is a witness.
(d) The Oklahoma City bombing.

2. What happens to a student's friends a year ago, when the student was a freshman?
(a) Sent to juvenile hall.
(b) Put in prison.
(c) Killed in a gang fight.
(d) Killed trying to commit a robbery.

3. What does a truly self-reliant person do, according to Chapter V?
(a) Not accept help from anyone.
(b) Not rely on anyone.
(c) Find his weak link and strengthen it.
(d) Lean on family and friends for support.

4. What are two books about teens in crisis that are read the fall of 1995?
(a) The Wave and Night.
(b) Durango Street and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
(c) To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye.
(d) Twelve Angry Men and Durango Street.

5. In Diary One, how long does the student give Gruwell before she quits?
(a) A month.
(b) One day.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miep Gies?

2. What event does Gruwell say puts some teachers at Wilson High over the edge?

3. What types of students attend Wilson High?

4. What does one student do during a "three-week vacation" from school the spring of the freshman year?

5. How does one student testify at a murder trial?

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