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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. Where does Gruwell student teaching?
(a) Newport Beach High School.
(b) Williams High School.
(c) A high school in Los Angeles.
(d) Wilson High School.

2. In the spring of 1995, who offers to help take the students on a field trip?
(a) John Tu.
(b) Anne Frank.
(c) The principal.
(d) Other teachers.

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

4. Why does a teacher say they do not read black literature in class?
(a) Because it all has sex, fornication, drugs, and cussing.
(b) Because there isn't time.
(c) Because the teacher prefers to read literature by Hispanics.
(d) Because there aren't any good black writers.

5. What are the only kind of heroes one 15-year-old is familiar with before reading about Anne Frank?
(a) Good teachers.
(b) Gang leaders.
(c) Civil Rights leaders.
(d) Super heroes in tights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Zlata and one of the students both wearing when they meet?

2. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?

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

4. What does Gruwell do the summer of 1996?

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

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