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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Senior Year - Spring 1998.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gruwell student teaching?
(a) Wilson High School.
(b) Newport Beach High School.
(c) A high school in Los Angeles.
(d) Williams High School.

2. Why can't a student go to a movie with her best friend?
(a) They don't have any money.
(b) Because the friend is white.
(c) The movie is rated R.
(d) They can't go without an adult chaperone.

3. What amazes a student about the bathrooms at the Century City Marriott?
(a) You have to pay a quarter to use the bathroom.
(b) There is a bathroom for whites and one for other races.
(c) There is an attendant in the bathroom.
(d) The bathrooms have real towels, no trash on the floor, and no stall doors missing.

4. What is the name of the book that has Celie as the main character?
(a) The Color Purple.
(b) Scared Silent.
(c) Catcher in the Rye.
(d) Their Eyes Were Watching God.

5. Who goes with Zlata to meet the students?
(a) Zlata's parents and her best friend, Mirna.
(b) No one, Zlata goes alone.
(c) Zlata's teacher.
(d) Zlata grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a student have to be head of the household and worry about rent and car payments Senior year?

2. What book relates to the life of a student who lives in an interment camp?

3. Why is Tommy's father surprised when Gruwell calls him?

4. Why does one student have to be out of school for a week or two and miss the beginning of the sophomore year?

5. What does a truly self-reliant person do, according to Chapter V?

(see the answer key)

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