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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy"?
(a) Miep Gies.
(b) Anne Frank.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Zlata Filipovic.

2. What is the name of the book that has Celie as the main character?
(a) Their Eyes Were Watching God.
(b) Scared Silent.
(c) The Color Purple.
(d) Catcher in the Rye.

3. Why at the Lincoln Monument does Gruwell begin to understand why moms cry at school plays and graduations?
(a) She can't find one of the students.
(b) She is so proud of the Freedom Writers.
(c) She is worried about getting everyone back on the buses.
(d) She is not looking forward to losing the students after they graduated.

4. What are the only kind of heroes one 15-year-old is familiar with before reading about Anne Frank?
(a) Good teachers.
(b) Super heroes in tights.
(c) Gang leaders.
(d) Civil Rights leaders.

5. Why does a student's mother usually get twice as many presents on Christmas Eve as everyone else?
(a) Because her husband is sorry for the years he isn't there for the family.
(b) Christmas Eve is her birthday.
(c) Because she has so many children.
(d) She doesn't get many present as a child and her parents are trying to make up for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of neighborhood is Wilson High School located?

2. Why is Tommy's father surprised when Gruwell calls him?

3. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?

4. What are the students inspired to do after reading the diaries?

5. What does a student's mother do about a teacher who doesn't read black literature?

(see the answer key)

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