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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. How does Gruwell get money for new books, guest speakers, and field trips?
(a) Private donors.
(b) She also works at the Marriott Hotel and Norstroms.
(c) The students and their parents pay.
(d) Gruwell has a trust fund.

2. 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 Royal Diaries and I Will Bear Witness.
(c) The Reagan Diaries and The Heroin Diaries.
(d) The Great Depression: A Diary and The Adderall Diaries.

3. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?
(a) Do well in his studies.
(b) Make his preppy student teacher cry.
(c) Play basketball.
(d) Drop out of school.

4. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?
(a) Gruwell serves as parent, friend, advocate, and teacher.
(b) Gruwell is respected and liked by all her fellow teachers.
(c) Gruwell is lucky to have such a talented group of students.
(d) Gruwell should move on to a different high school.

5. What feelings does Zlata have when asked to write the forward?
(a) Frustrated and nervous.
(b) Displeased.
(c) Honored, but not interested.
(d) Honored, proud, and amazed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is so special about the buses students rode in with Zlata and Mirna?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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