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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Freshman Year - Fall 1994.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Zlata begin writing her diary?
(a) Before the war in Bosnia began.
(b) When the war ended.
(c) After the war began in Bosnia.
(d) Three days before the war ended.

2. Where does Gruwell student teaching?
(a) Newport Beach High School.
(b) Wilson High School.
(c) Williams High School.
(d) A high school in Los Angeles.

3. What types of students attend Wilson High?
(a) Mostly hispanics.
(b) Rich kids and poor kids from the projects.
(c) Mostly caucasian students.
(d) Mostly blacks.

4. What did Zlata's diary become?
(a) A list of all the atrocities of the war.
(b) A type of therapy to deal with everything that was going on with the war.
(c) A way to get out of doing schoolwork.
(d) A way to communicate with her friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since war also came to Kosovo, what did almost all young Yugoslavians know?

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

3. In Diary One, how long does the student give Gruwell before she quits?

4. Where is Zlata's homeland?

5. Why are the diaries written anonymously?

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