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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miep Gies?
(a) A teacher at Wilson High.
(b) A friend of Zlata Filipovic.
(c) The woman who kept Anne Frank alive in the attic.
(d) Director of the Museum of Tolerance.

2. How does Gruwell get money for new books, guest speakers, and field trips?
(a) Gruwell has a trust fund.
(b) Private donors.
(c) The students and their parents pay.
(d) She also works at the Marriott Hotel and Norstroms.

3. What does one student realize after playing the Peanut Game?
(a) Grwell makes some very odd comparisons to everyday life.
(b) Gruwell has an interesting way of looking at life.
(c) People are different because of their experiences in life.
(d) People can't live in harmony because they won't accept each other's skin color or beliefs.

4. In Diary One, how long does the student give Gruwell before she quits?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One day.
(c) A month.
(d) Three days.

5. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?
(a) That school can be interesting.
(b) That Gruwell is an extraordinary teacher.
(c) People do change.
(d) How to study.

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

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

8. What does Zlata hope the Freedom Writers Diary will do?
(a) Inspire people to write to fight prejudice and to deal with events in a positive way.
(b) Help the Freedom Writers become successful writers.
(c) Help the families of the Freedom Writers.
(d) Make money so the Freedom Writers can pay for college.

9. Why is Tommy's father surprised when Gruwell calls him?
(a) Teachers doesn't usually call to say Tommy is doing well.
(b) A teacher never calls him before.
(c) Most teachers do not bother to keep parents informed.
(d) He thinks Tommy is doing well in school.

10. What does one student say when she compares her father to John Tu?
(a) That Tu gives her more attention in seven minutes than her dad has in seven years.
(b) Tu is very rude to her.
(c) Tu is taller than her father.
(d) Tu is shorter than her father.

11. What types of students attend Wilson High?
(a) Mostly caucasian students.
(b) Rich kids and poor kids from the projects.
(c) Mostly hispanics.
(d) Mostly blacks.

12. What do some of the teachers call Gruwell?
(a) A Prima Donna.
(b) A troublemaker.
(c) A brown noser.
(d) A great teacher.

13. What does Zlata have in common with the students?
(a) They like the same rock bands.
(b) They have all lost parents.
(c) They all have seen war.
(d) They are teenagers.

14. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?
(a) Drop out of school.
(b) Play basketball.
(c) Make his preppy student teacher cry.
(d) Do well in his studies.

15. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?
(a) Because she does not want to see him as often.
(b) Because she can never stab herself over a guy.
(c) Because she is becoming interested in another guy.
(d) Because she sees things in him she does not like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Zlata start writing a diary?

2. What event does Gruwell say puts some teachers at Wilson High over the edge?

3. When did Zlata begin writing her diary?

4. What does one student compare in his/her life to the Peanut Game?

5. What does a student compare O.J. Simpson's trial to?

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