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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. Who said, "The best method of overcoming your obstacles is the team method"?

2. How is money raised to get the students to college?

3. What road less traveled does a student decide to take Senior year?

4. Why does a teacher call the diary writer of entry 70 lazy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the character Celie in "The Color Purple" remind a student about her Uncle Joe?

2. Why does a student have trouble editing a story about an abortion?

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

4. Why are little kids bad in the projects?

5. Who is Peter Maass?

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

7. What does the prom queen write about her life?

8. Why is it difficult for Gruwell to get permission to teach the students their senior year?

9. What tragic event makes the Freedom Writers realize how fortunate they are?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A theme in the book is the parallel between warfare as experienced by Anne Frank and Zlata Filipovic and the violence the students see in their everyday lives. How can the events in Anne's and Zlata's lives be compared to the student's lives? What kind of violence did Frank and Filipovic experience? What type of violence do the students experience? How is the violence that Anne and Zlata experienced similar or dissimilar to what the students face?

Essay Topic 2

The motto of the American Jewish Committee that issues the Micah Award is "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire." What does that statement mean? How does that apply to Zlata? How does that statement apply to Anne Frank and those who helped her family? How does that statement apply to Gruwell and the Freedom Writers?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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