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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 are the diaries written anonymously?
(a) The students are embarassed of their writing.
(b) The school board says the students have to remain anonymous.
(c) To protect the students and show the universality of their experiences.
(d) The principal insisted that the students remain anonymous.

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

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

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

5. What is another word for 'odd' according to one of the students?
(a) Different.
(b) Peculiar.
(c) Gruwell.
(d) Sharaud.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Diary Six, how does a student lose many of his friends?

3. When did Zlata begin writing her diary?

4. Why did Zlata start writing a diary?

5. What does Zlata have in common with the students?

(see the answer key)

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