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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 doing drugs.
(d) That she is pregnant.

3. What did Zlata's diary become?
(a) A way to get out of doing schoolwork.
(b) A way to communicate with her friends.
(c) A type of therapy to deal with everything that was going on with the war.
(d) A list of all the atrocities of the war.

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

5. Who is Miep Gies?
(a) Director of the Museum of Tolerance.
(b) A friend of Zlata Filipovic.
(c) The woman who kept Anne Frank alive in the attic.
(d) A teacher at Wilson High.

6. 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.

7. Why does Zlata believe it is so important for the Freedom Writers to overcome their circumstances?
(a) Otherwise, they do not graduate from high school.
(b) Otherwise, they never go to college.
(c) Otherwise, history repeats with their children.
(d) Otherwise, they do not live to thirty years of age.

8. What is the perfect Cinderella story for one student?
(a) To be prom queen.
(b) To have a boyfriend like John Tu.
(c) To have a date for the prom.
(d) To have her father be a dad.

9. In the fall of 1995, where is home for a student and his mother who are evicted from their apartment?
(a) Room 203.
(b) His church.
(c) At his aunt's house.
(d) Room 407.

10. What happens to a student's friends a year ago, when the student was a freshman?
(a) Sent to juvenile hall.
(b) Put in prison.
(c) Killed in a gang fight.
(d) Killed trying to commit a robbery.

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

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

13. Why is Gruwell frustrated at the beginning of Spring, 1995 semester?
(a) The school board does not allow field trips.
(b) She is not allowed to stay after school.
(c) The principal has new restrictions.
(d) There is one ordeal after the other from race riots to walkouts.

14. Who is coming to speak to the class immediately after Gerda Seifer?
(a) Anne Frank.
(b) Steven Spielberg.
(c) Zlata Filipovic.
(d) Miep Gies.

15. What does Gruwell tell the student with a 0.5 GPA?
(a) That she can tutor the student over the summer.
(b) She believes in her.
(c) That the student will never graduate.
(d) That the student has to repeat the class next year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the class split up their junior year?

3. How does Zlata respond when asked if she is Croatian, Muslim or Serbian?

4. After reading Zlata's Diary, what does the class want to do?

5. What does a student who is a "goodie two shoes" do when shopping with her parents?

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