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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 did Zlata start writing a diary?

2. What are two books about teens in crisis that are read the fall of 1995?

3. In the fall of 1995, where is home for a student and his mother who are evicted from their apartment?

4. What does Gruwell tell the student with a 0.5 GPA?

5. What incident made Schindler try to save every Jew he could?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Gerda Seifer?

2. In Diary Two, why does a student wonder why he is in Gruwell's English class?

3. Why does one student feel like Cinderella after a dinner at the Century City Marriott?

4. Why is Gruwell stereotyped by some of the other teachers?

5. Why is the summer before the sophomore year the worst ever for one student?

6. Why is the word 'murder' a shadow hovering over a student's life the fall of 1995?

7. Who is Miep Gies?

8. What does Zlata mean when she says we cannot erase evil from the world, but can change the way we deal with it?

9. Why does Renee Firestone's story affect one student?

10. Why does one student decide she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thought she was?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Zlata comes to visit and people ask her her nationality, she tells them "I'm a human being." Why is it strange that adults ask this question? What happens if instead of labeling people, people are treated as individuals? What does the writer of Diary 47 say about this incident? How is the world a better place if we are all treated just as human beings? What happens if there are no labels?

Essay Topic 2

Things change for the Freedom Writers from the time they begin classes with Gruwell their freshman year beyond when they graduate from high school. What are some changes students make? What books, people, or events help students to change? List examples from the book of how specific students change and what specific things help the students to change.

Essay Topic 3

Write why Gruwell decides that she is being hypocritical at the beginning of the sophomore year. What is hypocrisy? How is Gruwell being hypocritical? How is Gruwell using labels to describe people? What is the danger of stereotyping? How many of the teachers actually are out to get Gruwell? Who helps Gruwell understand her hypocrisy?

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