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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 says, "Little black boys and black girls are able to join hands with little white boys and white girls"?

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

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

4. Why at the Lincoln Monument does Gruwell begin to understand why moms cry at school plays and graduations?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. How does Gruwell spend the summer of 1996?

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

6. Who is Peter Maass?

7. Why is it so unusual that the Freedom Writers win the Spirit of Anne Frank Award?

8. What does Gruwell do after the student's graduate?

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

10. In Diary 103, how many girls does the student know that go to college?

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

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 3

In the foreword to the book, Zlata mentions that good comes out of something bad. Several students, also mention in their diary entries how something bad turns into something positive. Write about what Zlata means that good comes from bad. What examples does Zlata give that shows good comes from bad circumstances? What do students say about difficult circumstances providing positive results? Provide examples from the book when something seems negative, but leads to positive results.

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