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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Senior Year - Spring 1998.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What museum do the students visit in D.C.?
(a) Library of Congress.
(b) Holocaust Museum.
(c) Smithsonian.
(d) National Gallery of Art.

2. Why is the Guess? Company sponsoring a trip for some of the Freedom Writers?
(a) Because they are minority entrepreneurs and wish to help others succeed.
(b) Because they graduated from Wilson High School.
(c) Because the founders are Jewish and had to flee Europe during the Holocaust.
(d) Because they donate twenty percent of their profits to needy causes.

3. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?
(a) Gruwell is lucky to have such a talented group of students.
(b) Gruwell serves as parent, friend, advocate, and teacher.
(c) Gruwell should move on to a different high school.
(d) Gruwell is respected and liked by all her fellow teachers.

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

5. What do some of the teachers call Gruwell?
(a) A troublemaker.
(b) A brown noser.
(c) A great teacher.
(d) A Prima Donna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zlata hope the Freedom Writers Diary will do?

2. Why does Tu donate computers?

3. What award do the students receive from the American Jewish Committee?

4. Why does one student have to be out of school for a week or two and miss the beginning of the sophomore year?

5. What does the student who used to play park league and Pop Warner football receive?

(see the answer key)

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