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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. How does Gruwell get money for new books, guest speakers, and field trips?
(a) She also works at the Marriott Hotel and Norstroms.
(b) The students and their parents pay.
(c) Gruwell has a trust fund.
(d) Private donors.

2. What amazes a student about the bathrooms at the Century City Marriott?
(a) There is an attendant in the bathroom.
(b) You have to pay a quarter to use the bathroom.
(c) There is a bathroom for whites and one for other races.
(d) The bathrooms have real towels, no trash on the floor, and no stall doors missing.

3. 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) The students are not smart enough to handle the work.
(c) The lessons are not appropriate for the class.
(d) None of the students know what the Holocaust is.

4. What does one student realize after playing the Peanut Game?
(a) Grwell makes some very odd comparisons to everyday life.
(b) Gruwell has an interesting way of looking at life.
(c) People can't live in harmony because they won't accept each other's skin color or beliefs.
(d) People are different because of their experiences in life.

5. According to Zlata, what is important about what happens to people?
(a) Whether people endure emotional crises because of what happened.
(b) Whether family members are there to help.
(c) How people deal with what happens in their lives.
(d) Whether people are physically hurt or not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one student say when she compares her father to John Tu?

2. When did Zlata begin writing her diary?

3. Who goes with Zlata to meet the students?

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

5. Why can most of the class relate to the main character in the book Durango Street?

(see the answer key)

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