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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 apologize in Diary 50?
(a) Because the student is an alcoholic.
(b) Because the student shoplifts.
(c) Because the student is taking crystal meth.
(d) Because the student has a fight with a best friend.

2. What are two books about teens in crisis that are read the fall of 1995?
(a) Twelve Angry Men and Durango Street.
(b) The Wave and Night.
(c) To Kill a Mockingbird and Catcher in the Rye.
(d) Durango Street and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

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

4. What happens to a student when she runs away with her boyfriend?
(a) She is sent to juvenile hall.
(b) She goes to live with a relative far away from the boyfriend.
(c) She is homeschooled for awhile.
(d) Her parents ground her and transfer her to Wilson High.

5. How difficult is it for a student at Wilson to buy a gun?
(a) Difficult, because a gun is very expensive.
(b) Very difficult.
(c) It is as easy as buying bubble gum.
(d) It is impossible; no one sells a student a gun.

6. How does Zlata respond when asked if she is Croatian, Muslim or Serbian?
(a) She says that she is Croatian.
(b) She says that she is Muslim.
(c) She says that she is a human being.
(d) She says that she is Serbian.

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

8. What important lesson does one student learn during her freshman year?
(a) People do change.
(b) How to study.
(c) That school can be interesting.
(d) That Gruwell is an extraordinary teacher.

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

10. Why does one student have to be out of school for a week or two and miss the beginning of the sophomore year?
(a) The student's mother dies.
(b) He has to be in juvenile hall.
(c) The student's father dies.
(d) He has to have sinus surgery.

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

12. Why can most of the class relate to the main character in the book Durango Street?
(a) Because either they, a family member, or a friend has been in jail.
(b) Because the character dislikes school also.
(c) Because the character has a preppy school teacher also.
(d) Because they are the same race as the main character.

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

14. Why are the diaries written anonymously?
(a) The school board says the students have to remain anonymous.
(b) To protect the students and show the universality of their experiences.
(c) The principal insisted that the students remain anonymous.
(d) The students are embarassed of their writing.

15. What feelings does Zlata have when asked to write the forward?
(a) Honored, but not interested.
(b) Displeased.
(c) Honored, proud, and amazed.
(d) Frustrated and nervous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Zlata start writing a diary?

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

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

5. How do many of the Wilson High Students get to school each day?

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