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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides moving forward, what are the Freedom Writers doing?
(a) Writing novels, poetry, and newspaper or magazine articles.
(b) Volunteering at the Museum of Tolerance.
(c) Serving as volunteers.
(d) Pulling family members and friends along too.

2. When one of the juniors was twelve, how did her grandmother die?
(a) From burns allegedly inflicted by the student's father.
(b) From a fall down stairs.
(c) From a heart attack.
(d) From a beating by the student's father.

3. What were Rosa Parks and the other blacks called who rode buses to fight racism?
(a) Riders for Black Rights.
(b) Freedom Fighters.
(c) Blacks for Freedom.
(d) Freedom Riders.

4. What is another word for 'odd' according to one of the students?
(a) Sharaud.
(b) Different.
(c) Peculiar.
(d) Gruwell.

5. What is a four-letter word not in the students' vocabulary, according to Gruwell their sophomore year?
(a) Give.
(b) Hope.
(c) Nice.
(d) Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?

2. What program is created to teach tolerance to kids who feel as if they don't fit in?

3. Why are the diaries written anonymously?

4. Why do the students and Gruwell have to climb out the window of the school one night?

5. How does Cheryl Best inspire a student?

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