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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. Why does Gruwell throw out her carefully planned lessons in the fall of 1994?
(a) The lessons are geared toward white middle class students.
(b) The lessons are not appropriate for the class.
(c) None of the students know what the Holocaust is.
(d) The students are not smart enough to handle the work.
2. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?
(a) It is a very funny story.
(b) This student has never before read anything in school that related to everyday life.
(c) The student has never heard of the Montagues and Capulets before.
(d) It is a very unbelievable story.
3. What does one student do during a "three-week vacation" from school the spring of the freshman year?
(a) Help a sick family member.
(b) Go to juvenile hall.
(c) Go to jail.
(d) Chill and smoke.
4. When does Zlata meet the students of Wilson High School?
(a) March, 2006.
(b) December, 1997.
(c) March, 1996.
(d) September, 1998.
5. To what does Gruwell compare the Capulets and Montagues in Romeo and Juliet?
(a) The Black and Asian 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 Hispanic gangs in Long Beach.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Zlata, what is important about what happens to people?
2. What are the students inspired to do after reading the diaries?
3. What does Zlata say about Erin Gruwell?
4. What amazes a student about the bathrooms at the Century City Marriott?
5. What good came out of Zlata's bad situation?
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