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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. In her thank you letter, what does Zlata tell the students not to forget?
(a) To keep reading about heroes.
(b) The strength and power to do things is in them.
(c) To raise money for Bosnia.
(d) She keeps in touch by writing.

2. Where is Zlata's homeland?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Ireland.

3. What does Gruwell tell the student with a 0.5 GPA?
(a) That the student has to repeat the class next year.
(b) That she can tutor the student over the summer.
(c) That the student will never graduate.
(d) She believes in her.

4. What is a four-letter word not in the students' vocabulary, according to Gruwell their sophomore year?
(a) Hope.
(b) Give.
(c) Work.
(d) Nice.

5. In the fall of 1994, why does one student say s/he does not belong in Gruwell's class?
(a) Because the student is white.
(b) Because the student's test scores are high.
(c) Because there is a mix up in the schedule.
(d) Because the student is Latino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Gruwell say puts some teachers at Wilson High over the edge?

2. What happens to the fathers of the diversity panelist and the student who are sent to internment camps?

3. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?

4. What event caused 168 innocent men, women and children to die?

5. The beginning of the sophomore year, what does a transfer student wish Gruwell is like?

(see the answer key)

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