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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, Freshman Year - Spring 1995.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the teacher of the students at Wilson High School?
(a) Erin Gruwell.
(b) Anne Frank.
(c) Elise Gonzalez.
(d) Emilie Gridwell.

2. To what does Gruwell compare the Capulets and Montagues in Romeo and Juliet?
(a) The Black and Hispanic gangs in Long Beach.
(b) The Latino and Asian gangs in Long Beach.
(c) The preppy students and the Asian students.
(d) The Black and Asian gangs in Long Beach.

3. Since war also came to Kosovo, what did almost all young Yugoslavians know?
(a) How to write diaries.
(b) How to protect themselves.
(c) How to get out of the country.
(d) What a bomb sounded like and what it was like to have no home.

4. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?
(a) The student has never heard of the Montagues and Capulets before.
(b) It is a very funny story.
(c) It is a very unbelievable story.
(d) This student has never before read anything in school that related to everyday life.

5. Why does Zlata believe it is so important for the Freedom Writers to overcome their circumstances?
(a) Otherwise, they never go to college.
(b) Otherwise, they do not graduate from high school.
(c) Otherwise, they do not live to thirty years of age.
(d) Otherwise, history repeats with their children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feelings does Zlata have when asked to write the forward?

2. How difficult is it for a student at Wilson to buy a gun?

3. What does one student compare in his/her life to the Peanut Game?

4. What are two books mentioned in the forward that the students read in class?

5. Why did Zlata start writing a diary?

(see the answer key)

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