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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter V, what illness runs in a student's family?
(a) Cystic fibrosis.
(b) Cancer of the liver.
(c) Congenital heart defects.
(d) Clinical depression.

2. How does a student feel after editing a story about an abortion?
(a) That more girls make the choice to have an abortion.
(b) That he was with his girlfriend when she had her abortion.
(c) That his girlfriend did not have an abortion.
(d) That no one has an abortion.

3. Why is a student asking the question, "To sign or not to sign"?
(a) The student is trying to decide whether to go to college or play minor league baseball.
(b) The student is trying to decide whether to play professional football or not.
(c) The player is trying to decide whether to play professional basketball.
(d) The student is trying to decide whether to play professional soccer.

4. To whom does the class give a copy of their diaries when in Washington, D.C.?
(a) U. S. Secretary of Education.
(b) Their congressman.
(c) Their senator.
(d) President of the United States.

5. Who says, "Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy"?
(a) Anne Frank.
(b) Miep Gies.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Zlata Filipovic.

6. Until the students found the safety of Room 203, what did they see to be a solution to their problems?
(a) Violence.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Sex.
(d) Gangs.

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

8. Why does a student get kicked off the basketball team this senior year?
(a) Skipping practices.
(b) Arrested for doing drugs.
(c) Drinking on school property.
(d) Her attitude.

9. Although their destinations after high school are different, what is still the same for the Freedom Writers?
(a) Their full-ride scholarships.
(b) They are all attending college.
(c) They are mentoring kids from the projects.
(d) Their common goal.

10. What is the prom queen's native country?
(a) Nicaragua.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Peru.

11. Where is Gruwell the day before the junior year begins?
(a) Long Beach.
(b) Dublin.
(c) France.
(d) Newport Beach.

12. Why does a student's mother usually get twice as many presents on Christmas Eve as everyone else?
(a) Christmas Eve is her birthday.
(b) She doesn't get many present as a child and her parents are trying to make up for it.
(c) Because she has so many children.
(d) Because her husband is sorry for the years he isn't there for the family.

13. What happens to Teres's father?
(a) He is killed in a drive-by shooting.
(b) He is shoved in front of a train.
(c) He overdoses on crack.
(d) He is shot in the head.

14. What program is created to teach tolerance to kids who feel as if they don't fit in?
(a) Diversity Through Mentoring.
(b) Celebrating Diversity Through the Arts.
(c) Celebrating Diversity Through Literature.
(d) Celebrating Diversity Through Sports.

15. How is money raised for a trip to Washington, D.C.?
(a) Donations from wealthy donors.
(b) A bake sale.
(c) A basketball game.
(d) A concert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a student's mother do about a teacher who doesn't read black literature?

2. What award do the students receive from the American Jewish Committee?

3. How does one student describe Ritalin?

4. Who wrote, "Who so should be a man, must be a nonconformist"?

5. How is money raised to get the students to college?

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