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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. During the diversity seminar, what does a student remember about how his/her brother died during his/her sophomore year?
(a) How he died from a knife wound.
(b) How he died from a brain tumor.
(c) How he died from a shooting.
(d) How he died in a car accident.

2. What novel inspires one of the student's to try to write her own book?
(a) Dawn by V.C. Andrews.
(b) Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice.
(c) Beauty by Robin McKinley.
(d) Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery.

3. In the book, "Animal Farm", what is a Boxer?
(a) A person who likes to party.
(b) A person who is hardworking.
(c) A person who does not work hard.
(d) A person who is a homebody.

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

5. What do the Freedom Writers remember when the pressure of their new lives gets too intense?
(a) The lessons learned in Gruwell's class.
(b) Words of Anne Frank.
(c) All the awards they receive.
(d) John Tu's encouragement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Freedom Writers do after their first year in college?

2. How is money raised for a trip to Washington, D.C.?

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

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

5. Why is it difficult for some students to take the SATs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragic event makes the Freedom Writers realize how fortunate they are?

2. Why does a student mention that her/his mother said that "Silence gets you nowhere in life"?

3. Why is Gruwell scared sometimes when she drives students home?

4. Why does reading "Catcher in the Rye" make a student begin to think about the consequences of suicide?

5. When they are in Washington, D.C., what do some students do when they see swastikas?

6. Why does a student feel that "National Spokesperson for the Plight of Black People" is stamped on her forehead?

7. Why are little kids bad in the projects?

8. What magical event occurs at the Lincoln Memorial?

9. Why is getting kicked off the basketball team eventually a positive thing for Joan?

10. Who is a prisoner who writes the Freedom Writers from West Virginia?

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