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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. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?
(a) This student has never before read anything in school that related to everyday life.
(b) It is a very funny story.
(c) It is a very unbelievable story.
(d) The student has never heard of the Montagues and Capulets before.

2. What feelings does Zlata have when asked to write the forward?
(a) Frustrated and nervous.
(b) Honored, but not interested.
(c) Honored, proud, and amazed.
(d) Displeased.

3. Since war also came to Kosovo, what did almost all young Yugoslavians know?
(a) How to write diaries.
(b) How to get out of the country.
(c) How to protect themselves.
(d) What a bomb sounded like and what it was like to have no home.

4. In what kind of neighborhood is Wilson High School located?
(a) A safe neighborhood near the ocean.
(b) Near the projects.
(c) Near downtown Los Angeles.
(d) In a gated community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Zlata, what is important about what happens to people?

2. What good came out of Zlata's bad situation?

3. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?

4. What types of students attend Wilson High?

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

(see the answer key)

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