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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a teacher say they do not read black literature in class?
(a) Because it all has sex, fornication, drugs, and cussing.
(b) Because there isn't time.
(c) Because there aren't any good black writers.
(d) Because the teacher prefers to read literature by Hispanics.

2. What museum do the students visit in D.C.?
(a) Smithsonian.
(b) Holocaust Museum.
(c) National Gallery of Art.
(d) Library of Congress.

3. One student has never been on a Freedom Writers trip before. Why does the student get to go to D.C.?
(a) Because the student's father is in Mexico.
(b) Because someone donates the money so the student can go.
(c) Because the student no longer has to help with a sick brother.
(d) Because the student finally has good grades.

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

5. Why do the students sign an honor code?
(a) So no one embellishes or sensationalizes their stories.
(b) So there is not any further fighting.
(c) So there is not any further cheating on exams.
(d) So there is not any further stealing of personal belongings.

6. Why is a student amazed at being chosen to speak in front of Barbara Boxer, their senator?
(a) Because the student has done some very outrageous things over the years.
(b) The student is deaf and speaks with sign language.
(c) The student has a speech impediment.
(d) The student does not have good grades.

7. What reporter does a student mention from the Los Angeles Times?
(a) Nellie WIlliams.
(b) Nancy Phillips.
(c) Anita Wright.
(d) Nancy Wride.

8. Why do the students need a receptionist every class period?
(a) To help write letters.
(b) To teach them how to behave in certain social situations.
(c) They are receiving so much mail.
(d) They have so many visitors.

9. What do the Freedom Writers want the readers of their book to do?
(a) Write to the students.
(b) Buy copies of the books and give them to students who need hope.
(c) Pick up a pen and be a catalyst for change.
(d) Volunteer with at-risk students.

10. How does Cheryl Best inspire a student?
(a) The student realizes that hard work makes up for a poor background.
(b) The student realizes s/he can go to medical school also.
(c) The student realizes you do not need a father figure to do well.
(d) The student realizes that college is possible for him/her.

11. Why does a student have to be head of the household and worry about rent and car payments Senior year?
(a) The student's parents are murdered.
(b) The student's father takes off with the families small bit of savings.
(c) The student's cousin is murdered and parents leave the country.
(d) The student's mother is ill and father is nowhere to be found.

12. Why, a few weeks before graduation, does a student have to give up his dream of attending a prestigious technical school?
(a) He flunks several of his classes.
(b) His father is ill.
(c) His mother dies.
(d) He does not get a scholarship.

13. 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) Police officer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Mortician.

14. Why is the Guess? Company sponsoring a trip for some of the Freedom Writers?
(a) Because the founders are Jewish and had to flee Europe during the Holocaust.
(b) Because they are minority entrepreneurs and wish to help others succeed.
(c) Because they graduated from Wilson High School.
(d) Because they donate twenty percent of their profits to needy causes.

15. Whose album cover does the class analyze?
(a) 50 Cent.
(b) Eminem.
(c) Snoop Doggy Dogg.
(d) Kanye West.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter V, to where does a student take a road trip with her friends?

2. Who are Jopie and Lies?

3. What poem does a student write after realizing living in the ghetto and having brown skin does not mean you cannot be successful?

4. What happens to the computers after the students graduate?

5. Until the students found the safety of Room 203, what did they see to be a solution to their problems?

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