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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Freshman Year - Spring 1995.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Diary Six, how does a student lose many of his friends?
(a) In an undeclared war.
(b) Because the friends don't want to see the student any more.
(c) The friends are put in juvenile dentention.
(d) The friends drop out of school.

2. Why does Zlata believe it is so important for the Freedom Writers to overcome their circumstances?
(a) Otherwise, they do not live to thirty years of age.
(b) Otherwise, they never go to college.
(c) Otherwise, history repeats with their children.
(d) Otherwise, they do not graduate from high school.

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

4. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?
(a) People do change.
(b) How to study.
(c) That Gruwell is an extraordinary teacher.
(d) That school can be interesting.

5. How far do two students go to be accepted into a gang and a sorority?
(a) They deface school property.
(b) One student is beaten until bones are broken and another student is humiliated.
(c) They kill someone.
(d) They beat someone up.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gruwell get money for new books, guest speakers, and field trips?

2. What does one student do during a "three-week vacation" from school the spring of the freshman year?

3. How do many of the Wilson High Students get to school each day?

4. When did Zlata begin writing her diary?

5. Where does Gruwell student teaching?

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