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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 museum do the students visit in D.C.?
(a) Smithsonian.
(b) Holocaust Museum.
(c) Library of Congress.
(d) National Gallery of Art.

2. Why does a student say John Tu gives instead of handouts?
(a) Hope.
(b) Inspiration.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Scholarships.

3. What happens to the computers after the students graduate?
(a) The computers are moved to the media center.
(b) The computers are sent to an elementary school.
(c) The computers are given to the 35 students with the highest grade point average.
(d) The computers are given to the Distinguished Scholars.

4. Why do the students sign an honor code?
(a) So there is not any further stealing of personal belongings.
(b) So there is not any further fighting.
(c) So there is not any further cheating on exams.
(d) So no one embellishes or sensationalizes their stories.

5. What do the Freedom Writers do after their first year in college?
(a) Tour Europe.
(b) Go to an impoverished country and build houses.
(c) Visit South America.
(d) Go to China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a student gives her/himself an F?

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

3. Why do the students need a receptionist every class period?

4. A student who wants to be a aeronautical engineer gets to go to _______.

5. Why does a teacher call the diary writer of entry 70 lazy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it difficult for Gruwell to get permission to teach the students their senior year?

2. Why does a student have trouble editing a story about an abortion?

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

4. Why does a student write that she is a loving girl and mention that she cries when she read "The Color Purple"?

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

6. Why it Christmas Eve so difficult for the student who writes Diary 113?

7. Why does the Guess? Company wish to help the students get to New York City to accept an award?

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

9. What does Gruwell do after the student's graduate?

10. How does Gruwell spend the summer of 1996?

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