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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. Why is Gruwell not allowed to teach Sharaud and his classmates the following year?
(a) She does not do a very good job of teaching.
(b) She is going to a different high school.
(c) She doesn't have enough seniority.
(d) She asks to be transferred to a different class.

2. What does one student realize after meeting the diversity panelists?
(a) The student does not have anything in common with the diversity panelists.
(b) That anything is possible.
(c) Other people have difficult lives also.
(d) That the panelists overcome many hardships.

3. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?
(a) Make his preppy student teacher cry.
(b) Play basketball.
(c) Drop out of school.
(d) Do well in his studies.

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

5. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?
(a) Because she does not want to see him as often.
(b) Because she sees things in him she does not like.
(c) Because she is becoming interested in another guy.
(d) Because she can never stab herself over a guy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?

2. What is another word for 'odd' according to one of the students?

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

4. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?

5. When does Zlata meet the students of Wilson High School?

(see the answer key)

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