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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does one student testify at a murder trial?
(a) The student confesses to the crime.
(b) The student tells the truth.
(c) The student lies.
(d) The student takes the fifth.

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

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

4. In what kind of neighborhood is Wilson High School located?
(a) A safe neighborhood near the ocean.
(b) Near downtown Los Angeles.
(c) In a gated community.
(d) Near the projects.

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

6. Why does Gruwell almost take another job the fall of 1995?
(a) The students' behavior last year.
(b) The apathy of her students.
(c) The attitudes of the other teachers.
(d) The attitudes of the principal and school board.

7. Why is Gruwell not allowed to teach Sharaud and his classmates the following year?
(a) She doesn't have enough seniority.
(b) She asks to be transferred to a different class.
(c) She is going to a different high school.
(d) She does not do a very good job of teaching.

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

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

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

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

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

13. To what does Gruwell compare the Capulets and Montagues in Romeo and Juliet?
(a) The preppy students and the Asian students.
(b) The Black and Asian gangs in Long Beach.
(c) The Black and Hispanic gangs in Long Beach.
(d) The Latino and Asian gangs in Long Beach.

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

15. What event does Gruwell say puts some teachers at Wilson High over the edge?
(a) When Gruwell's class startes getting good grades.
(b) When Gruwell's class goes to the school board.
(c) When Gruwell's class puts on a play.
(d) When Gruwell's class is invited to meet Spielberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to one student before emigrating to the United States from Peru?

2. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?

3. What does Gruwell tell the student with a 0.5 GPA?

4. Who is coming to speak to the class immediately after Gerda Seifer?

5. Why does Gruwell throw out her carefully planned lessons in the fall of 1994?

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