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

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

3. What happens after a student drives John Tu to his car?
(a) Tu offers the student a job.
(b) The student gets a flat tire.
(c) Tu tells the student to get a better car.
(d) Tu gives the student money for the ride.

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

5. What event caused 168 innocent men, women and children to die?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) An airplane crash.
(c) Race riots.
(d) Oklahoma City bombing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the only kind of heroes one 15-year-old is familiar with before reading about Anne Frank?

2. What makes studying Camelot and King Arthur more interesting for the students?

3. Why does a student get kicked off the basketball team this senior year?

4. In the book, "Animal Farm", what is a Boxer?

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

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