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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, what motto do they chant?
(a) Dreams make you free.
(b) Freedom Writers have a dream.
(c) Freedom forever.
(d) Be free, dream.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who said, "The best method of overcoming your obstacles is the team method"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Colin Powell.
(c) Eldridge Cleaver.
(d) Maya Angelou.

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

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

10. 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.

11. 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 play professional football or not.
(c) The student is trying to decide whether to play professional soccer.
(d) The student is trying to decide whether to go to college or play minor league baseball.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why at the Lincoln Monument does Gruwell begin to understand why moms cry at school plays and graduations?

3. What happens to Teres's father?

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

5. What civil rights activist do the Freedom Writers meet days before the second college semester begins?

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