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

2. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?
(a) Because she is becoming interested in another guy.
(b) Because she can never stab herself over a guy.
(c) Because she does not want to see him as often.
(d) Because she sees things in him she does not like.

3. What are two books mentioned in the forward that the students read in class?
(a) Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo.
(b) The Reagan Diaries and The Heroin Diaries.
(c) The Royal Diaries and I Will Bear Witness.
(d) The Great Depression: A Diary and The Adderall Diaries.

4. How do many of the Wilson High Students get to school each day?
(a) They walk.
(b) Their parents drive them.
(c) They ride bikes.
(d) They take 2-3 buses.

5. Why is Gruwell not allowed to teach Sharaud and his classmates the following year?
(a) She doesn't have enough seniority.
(b) She does not do a very good job of teaching.
(c) She is going to a different high school.
(d) She asks to be transferred to a different class.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gruwell throw out her carefully planned lessons in the fall of 1994?

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

3. Why can most of the class relate to the main character in the book Durango Street?

4. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?

5. Where does Gruwell student teaching?

(see the answer key)

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