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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one student realize after meeting the diversity panelists?
(a) That anything is possible.
(b) That the panelists overcome many hardships.
(c) Other people have difficult lives also.
(d) The student does not have anything in common with the diversity panelists.

2. Why is Gruwell not allowed to teach Sharaud and his classmates the following year?
(a) She is going to a different high school.
(b) She does not do a very good job of teaching.
(c) She doesn't have enough seniority.
(d) She asks to be transferred to a different class.

3. What makes studying Camelot and King Arthur more interesting for the students?
(a) The opportunity to go to the Medieval Times restaurant.
(b) Dressing up in medieval costumes.
(c) Creating a movie about King Arthur.
(d) Making swords.

4. Where is Zlata's homeland?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) France.

5. What do some of the teachers call Gruwell?
(a) A Prima Donna.
(b) A great teacher.
(c) A troublemaker.
(d) A brown noser.

6. Why is Tommy's father surprised when Gruwell calls him?
(a) He thinks Tommy is doing well in school.
(b) Teachers doesn't usually call to say Tommy is doing well.
(c) A teacher never calls him before.
(d) Most teachers do not bother to keep parents informed.

7. When Renee Firestone, a Holocaust survivor, asked a Gestapo agent if she could see her family again, what did she learn?
(a) Her family was transferred to another camp.
(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 father was dead, but her mother was in Renee's barracks.

8. What book relates to the life of a student who lives in an interment camp?
(a) Hoop Dreams.
(b) Durango Street.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Farewell to Manzanar.

9. What does one student compare in his/her life to the Peanut Game?
(a) Not being pretty.
(b) Not being handsome.
(c) Having a disfiguring scar.
(d) Being overweight.

10. What does a student who is a "goodie two shoes" do when shopping with her parents?
(a) Tears clothes that she tries on.
(b) Meet a friend.
(c) Put lipstick on clothes she tries on.
(d) Shoplift.

11. Who are the "Dream Team Moms"?
(a) Mothers of the basketball players.
(b) Mothers who adopt the class as their kids.
(c) Mothers of the football players.
(d) Mothers who bake cookies for teachers.

12. How do many of the Wilson High Students get to school each day?
(a) They walk.
(b) They ride bikes.
(c) Their parents drive them.
(d) They take 2-3 buses.

13. What is so special about the buses students rode in with Zlata and Mirna?
(a) There are no broken windows or torn seats.
(b) They are driven by bus drivers in tuxedoes.
(c) The buses are air conditioned, have televisions, seat lights, and bathrooms.
(d) Each student has their own seat.

14. Why does the class split up their junior year?
(a) The principal wants to split up the class.
(b) Other teachers are saying Gruwell doesn't haven't enough seniority to pick students.
(c) Gruwell may be leaving.
(d) The school board is not happy with Gruwell's methods.

15. What secret is "Little Miss Goodie Goodie" hiding?
(a) That she is a closet drinker.
(b) That she killed another student.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is doing drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the students inspired to do after reading the diaries?

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

3. According to Zlata, what good came from Anne Frank's tragedy?

4. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?

5. What is Sharaud's goal when he arrives in Gruwell's class?

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