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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Zlata's homeland?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) England.

3. What is so special about the buses students rode in with Zlata and Mirna?
(a) There are no broken windows or torn seats.
(b) Each student has their own seat.
(c) They are driven by bus drivers in tuxedoes.
(d) The buses are air conditioned, have televisions, seat lights, and bathrooms.

4. What did Zlata's diary become?
(a) A list of all the atrocities of the war.
(b) A way to communicate with her friends.
(c) A type of therapy to deal with everything that was going on with the war.
(d) A way to get out of doing schoolwork.

5. 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.

6. Why is one student not able to play sports, climb gym ropes, swing, or do a pull-up?
(a) Because the student has cystic fibrosis.
(b) Because the student broke an arm.
(c) Because the student has asthma.
(d) Because the student is overweight.

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

8. Why is the student in Diary Three at Wilson?
(a) The student's parents arrange a transfer.
(b) Wilson is the closest school to the student's home.
(c) It is either Wilson or boot camp.
(d) The student is expelled from their old school.

9. What book relates to the life of a student who lives in an interment camp?
(a) Farewell to Manzanar.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Hoop Dreams.
(d) Durango Street.

10. In her thank you letter, what does Zlata tell the students not to forget?
(a) She keeps in touch by writing.
(b) To keep reading about heroes.
(c) To raise money for Bosnia.
(d) The strength and power to do things is in them.

11. What are Zlata and one of the students both wearing when they meet?
(a) Aeropostale Ts.
(b) Doc Martens.
(c) Abercrombie & Fitch jeans.
(d) Gap sweatshirts.

12. What good came out of Zlata's bad situation?
(a) She is now able to travel.
(b) She was able to finish school.
(c) She was given some influence in the world.
(d) She was able to become a famous writer.

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

14. Who is the teacher of the students at Wilson High School?
(a) Elise Gonzalez.
(b) Anne Frank.
(c) Erin Gruwell.
(d) Emilie Gridwell.

15. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?
(a) Gruwell is respected and liked by all her fellow teachers.
(b) Gruwell is lucky to have such a talented group of students.
(c) Gruwell should move on to a different high school.
(d) Gruwell serves as parent, friend, advocate, and teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gruwell get money for new books, guest speakers, and field trips?

2. Why are some students not allowed to go to the Medieval Times Restaurant?

3. When Renee Firestone, a Holocaust survivor, asked a Gestapo agent if she could see her family again, what did she learn?

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

5. What does one student realize after meeting the diversity panelists?

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