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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. When Renee Firestone, a Holocaust survivor, asked a Gestapo agent if she could see her family again, what did she learn?
(a) Her father was dead, but her mother was in Renee's barracks.
(b) Her parents were dead, but her siblings were in Renee's barracks.
(c) Her family was transferred to another camp.
(d) She could be reunited with her family in the crematorium.

2. How do Gruwell and the students raise money for food and medical supplies for Bosnian kids?
(a) A basketball tournament.
(b) A bake sale.
(c) Donation jars at stores.
(d) A chili supper.

3. A student who wants to be a aeronautical engineer gets to go to _______.
(a) NASA's Johnson Space Center.
(b) Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena.
(c) MIT.
(d) UCLA.

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

5. What happens to a student when she runs away with her boyfriend?
(a) She goes to live with a relative far away from the boyfriend.
(b) Her parents ground her and transfer her to Wilson High.
(c) She is homeschooled for awhile.
(d) She is sent to juvenile hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a mother of a student die of shortly before her Christmas Eve birthday?

2. What reporter does a student mention from the Los Angeles Times?

3. What amazes a student about the bathrooms at the Century City Marriott?

4. What does one student say when she compares her father to John Tu?

5. What happened to one student before emigrating to the United States from Peru?

(see the answer key)

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