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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 is a student amazed at being chosen to speak in front of Barbara Boxer, their senator?
2. Who challenges the Freedom Writers to not just talk, but "to walk the walk"?
3. What happens to the computers after the students graduate?
4. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where do they wish to go next?
5. What does a truly self-reliant person do, according to Chapter V?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does a student have trouble editing a story about an abortion?
2. How does Gruwell spend the summer of 1996?
3. Why does reading "Catcher in the Rye" make a student begin to think about the consequences of suicide?
4. Why does a student feel that "National Spokesperson for the Plight of Black People" is stamped on her forehead?
5. Why is Gruwell scared sometimes when she drives students home?
6. What does Gruwell do after the student's graduate?
7. What do the Freedom Writers want readers of their book to do?
8. Why is a student acting as receptionist in the classroom by Chapter VII?
9. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, what does someone suggest?
10. Who is a prisoner who writes the Freedom Writers from West Virginia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Diary 69, a student compares his/her neighborhood to "The Brady Bunch". Write about what life is like for the Brady Bunch. Compare the lives portrayed on the television show to the life this student leads. How are the neighborhoods different? How are their lives different? Is there anything about their lives that is the same?
Essay Topic 2
In Diary 74, a student's mother tells him/her that "One person can make a difference that can change the world." Why does the student find that statement unbelievable? What are some examples of people the student remembers making great changes? Does the student begin to believe that one person can make a difference that changes the world? Does the student believe that s/he can make that kind of difference or that his/her fellow students can make that type of a difference? Why or why not? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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