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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some of the teachers call Gruwell?
(a) A troublemaker.
(b) A Prima Donna.
(c) A great teacher.
(d) A brown noser.

2. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?
(a) Because she sees things in him she does not like.
(b) Because she is becoming interested in another guy.
(c) Because she does not want to see him as often.
(d) Because she can never stab herself over a guy.

3. What is the perfect Cinderella story for one student?
(a) To be prom queen.
(b) To have a date for the prom.
(c) To have a boyfriend like John Tu.
(d) To have her father be a dad.

4. How do many of the Wilson High Students get to school each day?
(a) They ride bikes.
(b) They walk.
(c) They take 2-3 buses.
(d) Their parents drive them.

5. After reading Zlata's Diary, what does the class want to do?
(a) Go see Schindler's List.
(b) Write diaries.
(c) Go to Europe.
(d) Invite Zlata to come speak to the class.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her thank you letter, what does Zlata tell the students not to forget?

2. Why did Zlata start writing a diary?

3. What are two books mentioned in the forward that the students read in class?

4. What did Zlata's diary become?

5. What event does Gruwell say puts some teachers at Wilson High over the edge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Gruwell frustrated at the beginning of the semester in the spring of 1995?

2. What journey begins for Gruwell as the book opens?

3. Why is the summer before the sophomore year the worst ever for one student?

4. Describe a tour through the Museum of Tolerance.

5. Why is a student excited to meet a Japanese man who was in an internment camp during World War I?

6. In Diary 46, why does a student's father dislike her best friend?

7. In Diary Two, why does a student wonder why he is in Gruwell's English class?

8. Why does a student decide 'odd' is not a three-letter word, but a seven-letter word?

9. As described in Chapter 1, why does a student get a gun to protect him/herself?

10. Why are some students not allowed to go to Medieval Times?

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