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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the book, "Animal Farm", what is a Boxer?
(a) A person who is a homebody.
(b) A person who is hardworking.
(c) A person who does not work hard.
(d) A person who likes to party.

5. Who are Jopie and Lies?
(a) Anne Frank's aunt and uncle.
(b) Children from the family that hid the Franks during the war.
(c) Anne's best friends from school before the war.
(d) Anne Frank's parents.

6. 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?

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

8. What starts a series of fights between Hispanics and Blacks at school during the fall of 1996?
(a) Someone starts name calling.
(b) Someone takes a Black student's seat on the bus.
(c) A carton of milk is thrown.
(d) A Hispanic student steals something from a Black student.

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

10. What does Gruwell do the summer of 1996?
(a) Work at Nordstrom's and the Marriott.
(b) Teach at National University and go to Europe.
(c) Teach at Cal State.
(d) Look for a new job.

11. 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.

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

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

14. What does a student's mother do about a teacher who doesn't read black literature?
(a) The mother doen't do anything.
(b) Bring a list of black literature to the principal.
(c) Go to the school board.
(d) Yell at the teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cheryl Best inspire a student?

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

3. Why doesn't Gruwell cheer when students get excited about making another trip after touring the Lincoln Memorial?

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

5. What is the prom queen's native country?

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