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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After reading Zlata's Diary, what does the class want to do?
(a) Invite Zlata to come speak to the class.
(b) Go see Schindler's List.
(c) Write diaries.
(d) Go to Europe.

3. Why does Zlata believe it is so important for the Freedom Writers to overcome their circumstances?
(a) Otherwise, history repeats with their children.
(b) Otherwise, they never go to college.
(c) Otherwise, they do not graduate from high school.
(d) Otherwise, they do not live to thirty years of age.

4. Why can't a student go to a movie with her best friend?
(a) They don't have any money.
(b) They can't go without an adult chaperone.
(c) The movie is rated R.
(d) Because the friend is white.

5. What is the perfect Cinderella story for one student?
(a) To have her father be a dad.
(b) To be prom queen.
(c) To have a date for the prom.
(d) To have a boyfriend like John Tu.

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

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

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

9. What happens to a student when she runs away with her boyfriend?
(a) Her parents ground her and transfer her to Wilson High.
(b) She goes to live with a relative far away from the boyfriend.
(c) She is homeschooled for awhile.
(d) She is sent to juvenile hall.

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

11. What are two books mentioned in the forward that the students read in class?
(a) The Royal Diaries and I Will Bear Witness.
(b) The Great Depression: A Diary and The Adderall Diaries.
(c) The Reagan Diaries and The Heroin Diaries.
(d) Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo.

12. What does one student realize after meeting the diversity panelists?
(a) Other people have difficult lives also.
(b) That the panelists overcome many hardships.
(c) The student does not have anything in common with the diversity panelists.
(d) That anything is possible.

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

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

15. What secret is "Little Miss Goodie Goodie" hiding?
(a) That she killed another student.
(b) That she is a closet drinker.
(c) That she is doing drugs.
(d) That she is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident made Schindler try to save every Jew he could?

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

3. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?

4. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?

5. Why are the diaries written anonymously?

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