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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Gruwell cheer when students get excited about making another trip after touring the Lincoln Memorial?
(a) She has to deal with practical matters of the trip.
(b) She is not sure that she wants to take another trip so soon.
(c) She is too tired.
(d) Their funds are getting low and they do not have as many sponsors any more.

3. 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 mother dies.
(c) His father is ill.
(d) He does not get a scholarship.

4. What does Gruwell tell Zlata on the phone spring of 1996?
(a) Gruwell asks her if she comes again.
(b) Gruwell thanks her for coming to see the class.
(c) Zlata is the inspiration for the latest writing project.
(d) That Gruwell is going to Bosnia.

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

6. 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.

7. What does a junior student say about her stepfather during the fall semester?
(a) He loves her mother very much.
(b) He is a professional alcoholic.
(c) He works hard.
(d) He is never home.

8. Besides moving forward, what are the Freedom Writers doing?
(a) Pulling family members and friends along too.
(b) Writing novels, poetry, and newspaper or magazine articles.
(c) Serving as volunteers.
(d) Volunteering at the Museum of Tolerance.

9. 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 his girlfriend did not have an abortion.
(c) That more girls make the choice to have an abortion.
(d) That no one has an abortion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Gruwell the day before the junior year begins?

2. What reporter does a student mention from the Los Angeles Times?

3. What do the Freedom Writers remember when the pressure of their new lives gets too intense?

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

5. Why does Tu donate computers?

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