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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 do the students have a particular place they want to visit after walking down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial?
(a) That is where their journey began.
(b) They always wanted to travel abroard.
(c) They know they may never return to Washington, D.C.
(d) They want to see the national library.

2. What does a junior student say about her stepfather during the fall semester?
(a) He is a professional alcoholic.
(b) He is never home.
(c) He loves her mother very much.
(d) He works hard.

3. What is a student referring to when she says she is a loving girl, but there is pain in her heart?
(a) Her best friend died.
(b) Her mother is dying.
(c) She wishes she has a boyfriend.
(d) She is in an abusive relationship.

4. What does Gruwell tell Zlata on the phone spring of 1996?
(a) Zlata is the inspiration for the latest writing project.
(b) Gruwell asks her if she comes again.
(c) Gruwell thanks her for coming to see the class.
(d) That Gruwell is going to Bosnia.

5. A student who wants to be a aeronautical engineer gets to go to _______.
(a) Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena.
(b) NASA's Johnson Space Center.
(c) UCLA.
(d) MIT.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a student call her mother's boyfriend a tornado?

2. Who helps Gruwell get permission to teach the seniors?

3. When the students are speaking at an elementary school, what icebreaker question brings nearly everyone forward?

4. Who says, "Little black boys and black girls are able to join hands with little white boys and white girls"?

5. After Christmas 1997, what award do the students win?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the character Celie in "The Color Purple" remind a student about her Uncle Joe?

3. Since Europe is over a year away, what takes precedence in Gruwell's plans after graduation?

4. Why did a student charge a Coke machine when s/he was young?

5. How does Gruwell spend the summer of 1996?

6. What magical event occurs at the Lincoln Memorial?

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

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

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

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

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