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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 event does Gruwell say puts some teachers at Wilson High over the edge?
(a) When Gruwell's class is invited to meet Spielberg.
(b) When Gruwell's class startes getting good grades.
(c) When Gruwell's class goes to the school board.
(d) When Gruwell's class puts on a play.

2. Why does Gruwell almost take another job the fall of 1995?
(a) The attitudes of the principal and school board.
(b) The attitudes of the other teachers.
(c) The students' behavior last year.
(d) The apathy of her students.

3. What happens to the fathers of the diversity panelist and the student who are sent to internment camps?
(a) They die.
(b) They are horribly disfigured.
(c) They become abusive and don't care if they hurt their families.
(d) They lose a limb due to infection.

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

5. How do Gruwell and the students raise money for food and medical supplies for Bosnian kids?
(a) A bake sale.
(b) Donation jars at stores.
(c) A chili supper.
(d) A basketball tournament.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one student not able to play sports, climb gym ropes, swing, or do a pull-up?

2. What is the perfect Cinderella story for one student?

3. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?

4. In Diary Six, how does a student lose many of his friends?

5. According to Zlata, what good came from Anne Frank's tragedy?

(see the answer key)

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