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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Sophomore Year - Spring 1996.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Renee Firestone, a Holocaust survivor, asked a Gestapo agent if she could see her family again, what did she learn?
(a) She could be reunited with her family in the crematorium.
(b) Her parents were dead, but her siblings were in Renee's barracks.
(c) Her father was dead, but her mother was in Renee's barracks.
(d) Her family was transferred to another camp.

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

3. When did Zlata begin writing her diary?
(a) When the war ended.
(b) Before the war in Bosnia began.
(c) After the war began in Bosnia.
(d) Three days before the war ended.

4. Why did Zlata start writing a diary?
(a) As a place to keep secrets from her parents.
(b) Because her grandmother encouraged her to do so.
(c) As a place to record her childhood.
(d) Because her teacher assigned diary writing as a school project.

5. What are two books about teens in crisis that are read the fall of 1995?
(a) To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye.
(b) The Wave and Night.
(c) Twelve Angry Men and Durango Street.
(d) Durango Street and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her thank you letter, what does Zlata tell the students not to forget?

2. What does one student say when she compares her father to John Tu?

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

4. Why does Zlata believe it is so important for the Freedom Writers to overcome their circumstances?

5. Who are the "Dream Team Moms"?

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