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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, Senior Year - Fall 1997.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why is Tommy's father surprised when Gruwell calls him?
(a) A teacher never calls him before.
(b) Teachers doesn't usually call to say Tommy is doing well.
(c) Most teachers do not bother to keep parents informed.
(d) He thinks Tommy is doing well in school.
2. What does a student want to tell a prisoner in West Virginia?
(a) That he must tell the judge he is innocent so he can be with his daughter.
(b) To be on good behavior so he can get out soon.
(c) To write an apology letter to the family of the man he murdered.
(d) To think how he can be an influence even though he is in jail.
3. Who are the "Dream Team Moms"?
(a) Mothers of the football players.
(b) Mothers who bake cookies for teachers.
(c) Mothers who adopt the class as their kids.
(d) Mothers of the basketball players.
4. What poem does a student write after realizing living in the ghetto and having brown skin does not mean you cannot be successful?
(a) They Say, I Say.
(b) So Say What You Will.
(c) You Say, They Say, We Say.
(d) Say it Isn't So.
5. Why is one student not able to play sports, climb gym ropes, swing, or do a pull-up?
(a) Because the student is overweight.
(b) Because the student has asthma.
(c) Because the student has cystic fibrosis.
(d) Because the student broke an arm.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do the Freedom Writers mentor students?
2. Why is Gruwell frustrated at the beginning of Spring, 1995 semester?
3. Who is coming to speak to the class immediately after Gerda Seifer?
4. What are the only kind of heroes one 15-year-old is familiar with before reading about Anne Frank?
5. Why does a student have to be head of the household and worry about rent and car payments Senior year?
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