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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) President of the United States.
(d) Their senator.

2. Where do the Freedom Writers mentor students?
(a) Long Beach Elementary School.
(b) Wilson Elementary School.
(c) Newport Beach Elementary School.
(d) Butler Elementary School.

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

4. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where do they wish to go next?
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Anne Frank's attic.
(d) The Smithsonian.

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

6. 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 shooting.
(b) How he died in a car accident.
(c) How he died from a brain tumor.
(d) How he died from a knife wound.

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

8. A student who wants to be a aeronautical engineer gets to go to _______.
(a) Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena.
(b) MIT.
(c) UCLA.
(d) NASA's Johnson Space Center.

9. Why does a student say John Tu gives instead of handouts?
(a) Scholarships.
(b) Hope.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Inspiration.

10. How is money raised to get the students to college?
(a) A nonprofit organization is created.
(b) Basketball tournaments.
(c) Sell the rights to their diaries.
(d) Concerts.

11. Why at the Lincoln Monument does Gruwell begin to understand why moms cry at school plays and graduations?
(a) She is not looking forward to losing the students after they graduated.
(b) She can't find one of the students.
(c) She is worried about getting everyone back on the buses.
(d) She is so proud of the Freedom Writers.

12. What Christmas song is twisted during a sorority hazing?
(a) Jingle Bells.
(b) Deck the Halls.
(c) White Christmas.
(d) Here Comes Santa Claus.

13. What is a student referring to when she says she is a loving girl, but there is pain in her heart?
(a) She is in an abusive relationship.
(b) She wishes she has a boyfriend.
(c) Her mother is dying.
(d) Her best friend died.

14. Who does a student compare him/herself to when the student says "I've probably witnessed more dead bodies than a ______________."
(a) Soldier in a war.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Mortician.
(d) Police officer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, "Animal Farm", what is a Boxer?

2. How do the Freedom Writers hone their writing craft?

3. Why, a few weeks before graduation, does a student have to give up his dream of attending a prestigious technical school?

4. Why does a student have to be head of the household and worry about rent and car payments Senior year?

5. What is the name of the book that has Celie as the main character?

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