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

2. Why does Gruwell almost take another job the fall of 1995?
(a) The apathy of her students.
(b) The students' behavior last year.
(c) The attitudes of the principal and school board.
(d) The attitudes of the other teachers.

3. Why is Tommy's father surprised when Gruwell calls him?
(a) Teachers doesn't usually call to say Tommy is doing well.
(b) Most teachers do not bother to keep parents informed.
(c) A teacher never calls him before.
(d) He thinks Tommy is doing well in school.

4. In Diary Six, how does a student lose many of his friends?
(a) The friends are put in juvenile dentention.
(b) Because the friends don't want to see the student any more.
(c) The friends drop out of school.
(d) In an undeclared war.

5. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?
(a) It is a very unbelievable story.
(b) The student has never heard of the Montagues and Capulets before.
(c) This student has never before read anything in school that related to everyday life.
(d) It is a very funny story.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Gruwell compare the Capulets and Montagues in Romeo and Juliet?

2. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?

3. What secret is "Little Miss Goodie Goodie" hiding?

4. The beginning of the sophomore year, what does a transfer student wish Gruwell is like?

5. What does a student who is a "goodie two shoes" do when shopping with her parents?

(see the answer key)

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