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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. Who publishes the Freedom Writer's diaries?
(a) Inner City Press.
(b) McGraw-Hill.
(c) HarperCollins.
(d) Doubleday.
2. Who helps Gruwell get permission to teach the seniors?
(a) Dr. Cohn and Karin Polacheck.
(b) John Tu.
(c) The teachers' union.
(d) Teachers at the high school.
3. Why does a student say John Tu gives instead of handouts?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Hope.
(c) Scholarships.
(d) Inspiration.
4. When one of the juniors was twelve, how did her grandmother die?
(a) From a beating by the student's father.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) From a fall down stairs.
(d) From burns allegedly inflicted by the student's father.
5. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where do they wish to go next?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) The Library of Congress.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Anne Frank's attic.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Gruwell do the summer of 1996?
2. How does a mother of a student die of shortly before her Christmas Eve birthday?
3. How does one student describe Ritalin?
4. What is the prom queen's native country?
5. How is money raised for a trip to Washington, D.C.?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the Freedom Writers want readers of their book to do?
2. Why is it so unusual that the Freedom Writers win the Spirit of Anne Frank Award?
3. Why is a student acting as receptionist in the classroom by Chapter VII?
4. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, what does someone suggest?
5. Why does a student write that she is a loving girl and mention that she cries when she read "The Color Purple"?
6. Why does a student refer to choices s/he is making as if the student is a traveler in Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken"?
7. What tragic event makes the Freedom Writers realize how fortunate they are?
8. Who is a prisoner who writes the Freedom Writers from West Virginia?
9. Why are little kids bad in the projects?
10. Who is Peter Maass?
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