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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Freshman Year - Spring 1995.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since war also came to Kosovo, what did almost all young Yugoslavians know?
(a) How to write diaries.
(b) How to protect themselves.
(c) What a bomb sounded like and what it was like to have no home.
(d) How to get out of the country.

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

3. What good came out of Zlata's bad situation?
(a) She was able to finish school.
(b) She was given some influence in the world.
(c) She was able to become a famous writer.
(d) She is now able to travel.

4. What does Gruwell tell the student with a 0.5 GPA?
(a) That she can tutor the student over the summer.
(b) She believes in her.
(c) That the student has to repeat the class next year.
(d) That the student will never graduate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Gruwell not allowed to teach Sharaud and his classmates the following year?

2. When Renee Firestone, a Holocaust survivor, asked a Gestapo agent if she could see her family again, what did she learn?

3. In the fall of 1994, why does one student say s/he does not belong in Gruwell's class?

4. Why does Zlata believe it is so important for the Freedom Writers to overcome their circumstances?

5. What are two books mentioned in the forward that the students read in class?

(see the answer key)

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