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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. What does a truly self-reliant person do, according to Chapter V?

2. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where do they wish to go next?

3. In the book "Animal Farm", what is a Molly?

4. Who publishes the Freedom Writer's diaries?

5. How does one student describe Ritalin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Peter Maass?

2. Why does a student refer to choices s/he is making as if the student is a traveler in Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken"?

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

4. Why does the Guess? Company wish to help the students get to New York City to accept an award?

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

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

7. What do the Freedom Writers want readers of their book to do?

8. What circumstances lead to a student being offered a job from John Tu?

9. Why does a student mention that her/his mother said that "Silence gets you nowhere in life"?

10. When they are in Washington, D.C., what do some students do when they see swastikas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Diary 119, a student asks journalist Peter Maass how he can "simply sit and watch people die." Write about Mr. Maass's answer. Do you agree with his answer? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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