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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 does Zlata hope the Freedom Writers Diary will do?
(a) Inspire people to write to fight prejudice and to deal with events in a positive way.
(b) Help the families of the Freedom Writers.
(c) Make money so the Freedom Writers can pay for college.
(d) Help the Freedom Writers become successful writers.

2. In the spring of 1995, who offers to help take the students on a field trip?
(a) Other teachers.
(b) Anne Frank.
(c) The principal.
(d) John Tu.

3. According to Zlata, what is important about what happens to people?
(a) How people deal with what happens in their lives.
(b) Whether family members are there to help.
(c) Whether people endure emotional crises because of what happened.
(d) Whether people are physically hurt or not.

4. What types of students attend Wilson High?
(a) Mostly hispanics.
(b) Mostly caucasian students.
(c) Mostly blacks.
(d) Rich kids and poor kids from the projects.

5. Why is Gruwell frustrated at the beginning of Spring, 1995 semester?
(a) The school board does not allow field trips.
(b) The principal has new restrictions.
(c) There is one ordeal after the other from race riots to walkouts.
(d) She is not allowed to stay after school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Zlata's diary become?

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

4. What makes studying Camelot and King Arthur more interesting for the students?

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

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