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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. When did Zlata begin writing her diary?
(a) When the war ended.
(b) Three days before the war ended.
(c) After the war began in Bosnia.
(d) Before the war in Bosnia began.

2. When Renee Firestone, a Holocaust survivor, asked a Gestapo agent if she could see her family again, what did she learn?
(a) Her father was dead, but her mother was in Renee's barracks.
(b) Her parents were dead, but her siblings were in Renee's barracks.
(c) She could be reunited with her family in the crematorium.
(d) Her family was transferred to another camp.

3. What does one student do during a "three-week vacation" from school the spring of the freshman year?
(a) Go to jail.
(b) Chill and smoke.
(c) Help a sick family member.
(d) Go to juvenile hall.

4. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?
(a) That Gruwell is an extraordinary teacher.
(b) That school can be interesting.
(c) People do change.
(d) How to study.

5. What does Zlata hope the Freedom Writers Diary will do?
(a) Inspire people to write to fight prejudice and to deal with events in a positive way.
(b) Help the Freedom Writers become successful writers.
(c) Help the families of the Freedom Writers.
(d) Make money so the Freedom Writers can pay for college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can most of the class relate to the main character in the book Durango Street?

2. How far do two students go to be accepted into a gang and a sorority?

3. What does Gruwell tell the student with a 0.5 GPA?

4. What types of students attend Wilson High?

5. What event caused 168 innocent men, women and children to die?

(see the answer key)

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