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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, Junior Year - Spring 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the diaries written anonymously?
(a) To protect the students and show the universality of their experiences.
(b) The school board says the students have to remain anonymous.
(c) The principal insisted that the students remain anonymous.
(d) The students are embarassed of their writing.

2. In what kind of neighborhood is Wilson High School located?
(a) Near downtown Los Angeles.
(b) A safe neighborhood near the ocean.
(c) In a gated community.
(d) Near the projects.

3. To what does Gruwell compare the Capulets and Montagues in Romeo and Juliet?
(a) The Latino and Asian gangs in Long Beach.
(b) The Black and Hispanic gangs in Long Beach.
(c) The Black and Asian gangs in Long Beach.
(d) The preppy students and the Asian students.

4. Who wrote, "Who so should be a man, must be a nonconformist"?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Poe.
(d) Thoreau.

5. Who does a student compare him/herself to when the student says "I've probably witnessed more dead bodies than a ______________."
(a) Doctor.
(b) Mortician.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Soldier in a war.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a student feel after editing a story about an abortion?

2. What happens to a student's friends a year ago, when the student was a freshman?

3. When does Zlata meet the students of Wilson High School?

4. Why does Gruwell throw out her carefully planned lessons in the fall of 1994?

5. What does a junior student say about her stepfather during the fall semester?

(see the answer key)

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