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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What article by Peter Maass does a student read his/her sophomore year?
(a) Bosnia, a First-Hand Persepective.
(b) Ground Zero.
(c) The Bosnia War.
(d) Bosnia: War or Religious Cleansing?

2. Why does a teacher call the diary writer of entry 70 lazy?
(a) Because the student draws pictures rather than taking notes in class.
(b) Because the student does not answer questions in class.
(c) Because the student says s/he is dyslexic.
(d) Because the student does not turn in homework.

3. After Christmas 1997, what award do the students win?
(a) Freedom Award.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr., Award.
(c) Mies Giep Award.
(d) Spirit of Anne Frank Award.

4. What does a student talk about at the diversity seminar?
(a) The books the student has read that influence him.
(b) The gang the student belongs to.
(c) How a best friend died in a gang war.
(d) The student's abusive father.

5. What road less traveled does a student decide to take Senior year?
(a) To become a doctor.
(b) To leave the gang.
(c) The road to college.
(d) To graduate from high school.

6. In the book "Animal Farm", what is a Molly?
(a) A person who works hard.
(b) A person who can't keep a secret.
(c) A person who does not work hard.
(d) A person who gossips.

7. Who says, "Little black boys and black girls are able to join hands with little white boys and white girls"?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Eldredge Cleaver.
(d) Malcom X.

8. Why does a student call her mother's boyfriend a tornado?
(a) Because he moves so quickly.
(b) Because he is a slob.
(c) Because he is a runner and runs quickly.
(d) Because after he hits, their apartment and the student's mother look like they've been in a tornado.

9. Who publishes the Freedom Writer's diaries?
(a) Inner City Press.
(b) McGraw-Hill.
(c) HarperCollins.
(d) Doubleday.

10. What do the Freedom Writers remember when the pressure of their new lives gets too intense?
(a) The lessons learned in Gruwell's class.
(b) Words of Anne Frank.
(c) All the awards they receive.
(d) John Tu's encouragement.

11. During the diversity seminar, what does a student remember about how his/her brother died during his/her sophomore year?
(a) How he died from a brain tumor.
(b) How he died in a car accident.
(c) How he died from a knife wound.
(d) How he died from a shooting.

12. Who challenges the Freedom Writers to not just talk, but "to walk the walk"?
(a) John Tu.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Erin Gruwell.
(d) Connie Cheung.

13. What happens to the computers after the students graduate?
(a) The computers are given to the Distinguished Scholars.
(b) The computers are sent to an elementary school.
(c) The computers are moved to the media center.
(d) The computers are given to the 35 students with the highest grade point average.

14. Besides moving forward, what are the Freedom Writers doing?
(a) Pulling family members and friends along too.
(b) Serving as volunteers.
(c) Volunteering at the Museum of Tolerance.
(d) Writing novels, poetry, and newspaper or magazine articles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a student referring to when she says she is a loving girl, but there is pain in her heart?

2. Why do the students need a receptionist every class period?

3. Why does Tu donate computers?

4. When the students are speaking at an elementary school, what icebreaker question brings nearly everyone forward?

5. Why do the students and Gruwell have to climb out the window of the school one night?

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