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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, Junior Year - Spring 1997.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Zlata meet the students of Wilson High School?
(a) December, 1997.
(b) March, 2006.
(c) September, 1998.
(d) March, 1996.

2. What does one student compare in his/her life to the Peanut Game?
(a) Not being pretty.
(b) Not being handsome.
(c) Being overweight.
(d) Having a disfiguring scar.

3. Why are some students not allowed to go to the Medieval Times Restaurant?
(a) Their attitudes.
(b) Their haircuts.
(c) They flunk the test.
(d) Their clothes.

4. How does a student feel after editing a story about an abortion?
(a) That more girls make the choice to have an abortion.
(b) That no one has an abortion.
(c) That his girlfriend did not have an abortion.
(d) That he was with his girlfriend when she had her abortion.

5. 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 should move on to a different high school.
(d) Gruwell is lucky to have such a talented group of students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the only kind of heroes one 15-year-old is familiar with before reading about Anne Frank?

2. What amazes a student about the bathrooms at the Century City Marriott?

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

4. What feelings does Zlata have when asked to write the forward?

5. What does Gruwell tell Zlata on the phone spring of 1996?

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