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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the class split up their junior year?
2. What incident made Schindler try to save every Jew he could?
3. According to Zlata, what good came from Anne Frank's tragedy?
4. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?
5. Why is Gruwell not allowed to teach Sharaud and his classmates the following year?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the summer before the sophomore year the worst ever for one student?
2. Why is Gruwell stereotyped by some of the other teachers?
3. Why is the word 'murder' a shadow hovering over a student's life the fall of 1995?
4. As described in Chapter 1, why does a student get a gun to protect him/herself?
5. Why does a student transfer from the Distinguished Scholars program to Gruwell's class?
6. Who is Gerda Seifer?
7. What does Zlata mean when she says we cannot erase evil from the world, but can change the way we deal with it?
8. What happens to a Croatian boy named Tony?
9. What parallel does Zlata see between herself and the Freedom Writers?
10. Describe a tour through the Museum of Tolerance.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
During the spring semester of 1996, Tommy makes a statement: "They say America is the 'Land of the Free and home of the Brave,' but what's so free about a land where people get killed?" What does Tommy mean by this statement? What examples does he give to demonstrate what he means by this statement? Why does Tommy make this statement? What is he comparing when he makes this statement?
Essay Topic 2
What comparisons can be made between Zlata and the Freedom Writers? How are Zlata and the Freedom Writers subjected to things that can make them victims? Why don't Zlata and the Freedom Writers become victims? How does writing help all of them? Provide examples from the foreword and the book.
Essay Topic 3
During the fall semester of the sophomore year, a student struggles with the decision of whether to protect a "homie" and lie in court or to tell the truth. Before the student went to courtroom, what does s/he plan to say? What changes the student's mind? What conversation with his/her mother may be a factor in the student's decision? What circumstances in the student's own life may influence the student's decision? What does the student finally decide to do? Why?
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