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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, Senior Year - Fall 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a student want to tell a prisoner in West Virginia?
(a) To be on good behavior so he can get out soon.
(b) To write an apology letter to the family of the man he murdered.
(c) To think how he can be an influence even though he is in jail.
(d) That he must tell the judge he is innocent so he can be with his daughter.

2. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?
(a) People do change.
(b) That school can be interesting.
(c) How to study.
(d) That Gruwell is an extraordinary teacher.

3. Why is Gruwell frustrated at the beginning of Spring, 1995 semester?
(a) There is one ordeal after the other from race riots to walkouts.
(b) She is not allowed to stay after school.
(c) The school board does not allow field trips.
(d) The principal has new restrictions.

4. How does Zlata respond when asked if she is Croatian, Muslim or Serbian?
(a) She says that she is Croatian.
(b) She says that she is Muslim.
(c) She says that she is Serbian.
(d) She says that she is a human being.

5. Who helps Gruwell get permission to teach the seniors?
(a) Dr. Cohn and Karin Polacheck.
(b) John Tu.
(c) Teachers at the high school.
(d) The teachers' union.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the Freedom Writers mentor students?

3. What does one student realize after meeting the diversity panelists?

4. A student who wants to be a aeronautical engineer gets to go to _______.

5. In her thank you letter, what does Zlata tell the students not to forget?

(see the answer key)

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