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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 were Rosa Parks and the other blacks called who rode buses to fight racism?
(a) Riders for Black Rights.
(b) Freedom Riders.
(c) Freedom Fighters.
(d) Blacks for Freedom.

2. In the book "Animal Farm", what is a Molly?
(a) A person who can't keep a secret.
(b) A person who does not work hard.
(c) A person who gossips.
(d) A person who works hard.

3. 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 shooting.
(c) How he died in a car accident.
(d) How he died from a brain tumor.

4. Who publishes the Freedom Writer's diaries?
(a) McGraw-Hill.
(b) HarperCollins.
(c) Doubleday.
(d) Inner City Press.

5. Why do the students need a receptionist every class period?
(a) To help write letters.
(b) They are receiving so much mail.
(c) They have so many visitors.
(d) To teach them how to behave in certain social situations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Jopie and Lies?

2. Why is a student asking the question, "To sign or not to sign"?

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

4. Who challenges the Freedom Writers to not just talk, but "to walk the walk"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Peter Maass?

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

4. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, what does someone suggest?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why are little kids bad in the projects?

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