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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where do they wish to go next?
(a) Bosnia.
(b) The Library of Congress.
(c) Anne Frank's attic.
(d) The Smithsonian.

2. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?
(a) This student has never before read anything in school that related to everyday life.
(b) It is a very funny story.
(c) It is a very unbelievable story.
(d) The student has never heard of the Montagues and Capulets before.

3. What poem does a student write after realizing living in the ghetto and having brown skin does not mean you cannot be successful?
(a) So Say What You Will.
(b) They Say, I Say.
(c) You Say, They Say, We Say.
(d) Say it Isn't So.

4. When the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, what motto do they chant?
(a) Be free, dream.
(b) Freedom forever.
(c) Dreams make you free.
(d) Freedom Writers have a dream.

5. What starts a series of fights between Hispanics and Blacks at school during the fall of 1996?
(a) Someone takes a Black student's seat on the bus.
(b) Someone starts name calling.
(c) A Hispanic student steals something from a Black student.
(d) A carton of milk is thrown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two books mentioned in the forward that the students read in class?

2. What program is created to teach tolerance to kids who feel as if they don't fit in?

3. When does Zlata meet the students of Wilson High School?

4. Why is the Guess? Company sponsoring a trip for some of the Freedom Writers?

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

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