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

2. In what kind of neighborhood is Wilson High School located?
(a) Near downtown Los Angeles.
(b) A safe neighborhood near the ocean.
(c) In a gated community.
(d) Near the projects.

3. What makes studying Camelot and King Arthur more interesting for the students?
(a) Dressing up in medieval costumes.
(b) The opportunity to go to the Medieval Times restaurant.
(c) Making swords.
(d) Creating a movie about King Arthur.

4. 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) She is not allowed to stay after school.
(d) There is one ordeal after the other from race riots to walkouts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one student compare in his/her life to the Peanut Game?

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

3. Where does Gruwell student teaching?

4. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?

5. How difficult is it for a student at Wilson to buy a gun?

(see the answer key)

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