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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. According to Zlata, what good came from Anne Frank's tragedy?
2. What does a student compare O.J. Simpson's trial to?
3. Why does Gruwell throw out her carefully planned lessons in the fall of 1994?
4. Who is Miep Gies?
5. Why does Gruwell almost take another job the fall of 1995?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does one student feel like Cinderella after a dinner at the Century City Marriott?
2. Describe a tour through the Museum of Tolerance.
3. Why is the word 'murder' a shadow hovering over a student's life the fall of 1995?
4. Who is Gerda Seifer?
5. What parallel does Zlata see between herself and the Freedom Writers?
6. Who is Miep Gies?
7. Why are some students not allowed to go to Medieval Times?
8. What does Zlata think about the situation in Kosovo?
9. Why does Renee Firestone's story affect one student?
10. What is tagging?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Violence is an everyday occurrence for the Freedom Writers in their homes and neighborhoods. Write about the violence they see everyday. How does this violence affect the students? How does this violence affect their families or friends? How does writing the diaries help the students learn to deal with the violence in their lives? Does Gruwell help the students to break this cycle of violence?
Essay Topic 2
In Diary 107, a student compares the students at an elementary school to lotus flowers. Why does the student compare these children to lotus flowers? In what type of environment do lotus flowers grow? How is the environment of a lotus plant similar to the environment the children from the elementary school live in?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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