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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. Why at the Lincoln Monument does Gruwell begin to understand why moms cry at school plays and graduations?
(a) She can't find one of the students.
(b) She is so proud of the Freedom Writers.
(c) She is worried about getting everyone back on the buses.
(d) She is not looking forward to losing the students after they graduated.

2. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where do they wish to go next?
(a) Anne Frank's attic.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) The Library of Congress.

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

4. Who helps Gruwell get permission to teach the seniors?
(a) John Tu.
(b) Dr. Cohn and Karin Polacheck.
(c) The teachers' union.
(d) Teachers at the high school.

5. What reporter does a student mention from the Los Angeles Times?
(a) Nellie WIlliams.
(b) Anita Wright.
(c) Nancy Phillips.
(d) Nancy Wride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel inspires one of the student's to try to write her own book?

2. Besides moving forward, what are the Freedom Writers doing?

3. What article by Peter Maass does a student read his/her sophomore year?

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

5. Who said, "The best method of overcoming your obstacles is the team method"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Diary 103, how many girls does the student know that go to college?

2. Why is a student acting as receptionist in the classroom by Chapter VII?

3. Why are little kids bad in the projects?

4. What circumstances lead to a student being offered a job from John Tu?

5. Why is it so unusual that the Freedom Writers win the Spirit of Anne Frank Award?

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

7. Who is Peter Maass?

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

9. How does Gruwell spend the summer of 1996?

10. Why does a student have to clean his/her mother's blood off the wall?

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