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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. What feelings does Zlata have when asked to write the forward?
(a) Honored, proud, and amazed.
(b) Displeased.
(c) Honored, but not interested.
(d) Frustrated and nervous.

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 school board says the students have to remain anonymous.
(d) The principal insisted that the students remain anonymous.

3. What book relates to the life of a student who lives in an interment camp?
(a) Durango Street.
(b) Hoop Dreams.
(c) Farewell to Manzanar.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. How difficult is it for a student at Wilson to buy a gun?
(a) It is as easy as buying bubble gum.
(b) Difficult, because a gun is very expensive.
(c) Very difficult.
(d) It is impossible; no one sells a student a gun.

5. Why does Gruwell throw out her carefully planned lessons in the fall of 1994?
(a) The lessons are geared toward white middle class students.
(b) None of the students know what the Holocaust is.
(c) The students are not smart enough to handle the work.
(d) The lessons are not appropriate for the class.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Zlata, what good came from Anne Frank's tragedy?

3. Who goes with Zlata to meet the students?

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

5. How does Gruwell get money for new books, guest speakers, and field trips?

(see the answer key)

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