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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. In Diary One, how long does the student give Gruwell before she quits?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) One day.
(d) A month.

2. Who goes with Zlata to meet the students?
(a) No one, Zlata goes alone.
(b) Zlata's teacher.
(c) Zlata grandparents.
(d) Zlata's parents and her best friend, Mirna.

3. What is so special about the buses students rode in with Zlata and Mirna?
(a) There are no broken windows or torn seats.
(b) Each student has their own seat.
(c) They are driven by bus drivers in tuxedoes.
(d) The buses are air conditioned, have televisions, seat lights, and bathrooms.

4. Why is Gruwell not allowed to teach Sharaud and his classmates the following year?
(a) She is going to a different high school.
(b) She doesn't have enough seniority.
(c) She does not do a very good job of teaching.
(d) She asks to be transferred to a different class.

5. What does one student say when she compares her father to John Tu?
(a) Tu is taller than her father.
(b) Tu is shorter than her father.
(c) That Tu gives her more attention in seven minutes than her dad has in seven years.
(d) Tu is very rude to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of neighborhood is Wilson High School located?

2. What does a student remember after reading about women being molested in Bosnia?

3. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?

4. What does one student compare in his/her life to the Peanut Game?

5. What do some of the teachers call Gruwell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Renee Firestone's story affect one student?

3. Why does a student transfer from the Distinguished Scholars program to Gruwell's class?

4. Who is Miep Gies?

5. Describe a tour through the Museum of Tolerance.

6. Describe what happens when a student is in a liquor store buying candy?

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

8. What do the students do when they play the peanut game?

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

10. Because of the Read-a-Thon for Tolerance, why is Zlata invited to speak to the class?

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