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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 is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?
(a) Play basketball.
(b) Do well in his studies.
(c) Drop out of school.
(d) Make his preppy student teacher cry.

2. What does Zlata hope the Freedom Writers Diary will do?
(a) Help the families of the Freedom Writers.
(b) Make money so the Freedom Writers can pay for college.
(c) Inspire people to write to fight prejudice and to deal with events in a positive way.
(d) Help the Freedom Writers become successful writers.

3. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?
(a) Gruwell is respected and liked by all her fellow teachers.
(b) Gruwell is lucky to have such a talented group of students.
(c) Gruwell should move on to a different high school.
(d) Gruwell serves as parent, friend, advocate, and teacher.

4. What does a student compare O.J. Simpson's trial to?
(a) The Oklahoma City bombing.
(b) A trial where the student is a witness.
(c) The trial of the student's brother for murder.
(d) The student's mother's trial for murder.

5. What are two books about teens in crisis that are read the fall of 1995?
(a) Twelve Angry Men and Durango Street.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye.
(c) The Wave and Night.
(d) Durango Street and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Gruwell and the students raise money for food and medical supplies for Bosnian kids?

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

3. Why does one student apologize in Diary 50?

4. Since war also came to Kosovo, what did almost all young Yugoslavians know?

5. After reading Zlata's Diary, what does the class want to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the word 'murder' a shadow hovering over a student's life the fall of 1995?

2. Describe a tour through the Museum of Tolerance.

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

4. What does Zlata mean when she says we cannot erase evil from the world, but can change the way we deal with it?

5. Who is Miep Gies?

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

7. Why does Zlata highly respect and admire Gruwell?

8. Why does one student feel like Cinderella after a dinner at the Century City Marriott?

9. Who is Gerda Seifer?

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

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