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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) He has to be in juvenile hall.
(b) The student's father dies.
(c) He has to have sinus surgery.
(d) The student's mother dies.

2. What does one student realize after playing the Peanut Game?
(a) People are different because of their experiences in life.
(b) People can't live in harmony because they won't accept each other's skin color or beliefs.
(c) Gruwell has an interesting way of looking at life.
(d) Grwell makes some very odd comparisons to everyday life.

3. In what kind of neighborhood is Wilson High School located?
(a) A safe neighborhood near the ocean.
(b) Near downtown Los Angeles.
(c) In a gated community.
(d) Near the projects.

4. Why does one student call the story "The Last Spin" a trip?
(a) The student has never heard of the Montagues and Capulets before.
(b) This student has never before read anything in school that related to everyday life.
(c) It is a very unbelievable story.
(d) It is a very funny story.

5. Why is the student in Diary Three at Wilson?
(a) It is either Wilson or boot camp.
(b) The student is expelled from their old school.
(c) Wilson is the closest school to the student's home.
(d) The student's parents arrange a transfer.

6. What does Zlata have in common with the students?
(a) They are teenagers.
(b) They like the same rock bands.
(c) They all have seen war.
(d) They have all lost parents.

7. According to Zlata, what is important about what happens to people?
(a) How people deal with what happens in their lives.
(b) Whether family members are there to help.
(c) Whether people are physically hurt or not.
(d) Whether people endure emotional crises because of what happened.

8. How do Gruwell and the students raise money for food and medical supplies for Bosnian kids?
(a) A chili supper.
(b) A basketball tournament.
(c) Donation jars at stores.
(d) A bake sale.

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

10. In her thank you letter, what does Zlata tell the students not to forget?
(a) To keep reading about heroes.
(b) She keeps in touch by writing.
(c) The strength and power to do things is in them.
(d) To raise money for Bosnia.

11. 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) Making swords.
(d) Creating a movie about King Arthur.

12. How far do two students go to be accepted into a gang and a sorority?
(a) One student is beaten until bones are broken and another student is humiliated.
(b) They beat someone up.
(c) They deface school property.
(d) They kill someone.

13. What event caused 168 innocent men, women and children to die?
(a) Race riots.
(b) An airplane crash.
(c) Oklahoma City bombing.
(d) An earthquake.

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

15. 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) Chill and smoke.
(c) Go to juvenile hall.
(d) Go to jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading Romeo and Juliet, why does a student realize she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thinks she is?

2. What does one student say when she compares her father to John Tu?

3. What is a four-letter word not in the students' vocabulary, according to Gruwell their sophomore year?

4. Who goes with Zlata to meet the students?

5. How old is Zlata when she speaks to the students?

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