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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, Sophomore Year - Fall 1995.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event caused 168 innocent men, women and children to die?
(a) An airplane crash.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Oklahoma City bombing.
(d) Race riots.

2. What happens to a student when she runs away with her boyfriend?
(a) She goes to live with a relative far away from the boyfriend.
(b) She is sent to juvenile hall.
(c) Her parents ground her and transfer her to Wilson High.
(d) She is homeschooled for awhile.

3. What book relates to the life of a student who lives in an interment camp?
(a) Durango Street.
(b) Farewell to Manzanar.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Hoop Dreams.

4. The beginning of the sophomore year, what does a transfer student wish Gruwell is like?
(a) More interesting, like the other teachers.
(b) Boring like the other teachers.
(c) Less concerned about grades.
(d) More concerned about her students.

5. What secret is "Little Miss Goodie Goodie" hiding?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she is doing drugs.
(c) That she killed another student.
(d) That she is a closet drinker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Zlata start writing a diary?

2. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?

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

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

5. What does a student compare O.J. Simpson's trial to?

(see the answer key)

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