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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Jopie and Lies?
(a) Anne Frank's parents.
(b) Anne's best friends from school before the war.
(c) Anne Frank's aunt and uncle.
(d) Children from the family that hid the Franks during the war.

2. What does a student want to tell a prisoner in West Virginia?
(a) To be on good behavior so he can get out soon.
(b) To think how he can be an influence even though he is in jail.
(c) To write an apology letter to the family of the man he murdered.
(d) That he must tell the judge he is innocent so he can be with his daughter.

3. What is the prom queen's native country?
(a) Nicaragua.
(b) Bosnia.
(c) Peru.
(d) Mexico.

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

5. Why does a student get kicked off the basketball team this senior year?
(a) Arrested for doing drugs.
(b) Her attitude.
(c) Drinking on school property.
(d) Skipping practices.

6. What reporter does a student mention from the Los Angeles Times?
(a) Nancy Wride.
(b) Anita Wright.
(c) Nancy Phillips.
(d) Nellie WIlliams.

7. How does a student feel after editing a story about an abortion?
(a) That more girls make the choice to have an abortion.
(b) That his girlfriend did not have an abortion.
(c) That no one has an abortion.
(d) That he was with his girlfriend when she had her abortion.

8. Why do the students need a receptionist every class period?
(a) They have so many visitors.
(b) They are receiving so much mail.
(c) To teach them how to behave in certain social situations.
(d) To help write letters.

9. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where do they wish to go next?
(a) Anne Frank's attic.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) The Library of Congress.
(d) Bosnia.

10. When the students are speaking at an elementary school, what icebreaker question brings nearly everyone forward?
(a) "Who has had a family member murdered?"
(b) "Has anyone seen someone get shot before?"
(c) "Who has heard of Anne Frank?"
(d) "Who only has one parent?"

11. What do the students do when they walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the spring of 1997?
(a) Begin singing a freedom song.
(b) Meet with their local senators.
(c) Light candles and make speeches about freedom and tolerance.
(d) They join hands and retrace the steps Martin Luther King Jr. walked.

12. Why does a student say John Tu gives instead of handouts?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Hope.
(d) Scholarships.

13. What happens after a student drives John Tu to his car?
(a) The student gets a flat tire.
(b) Tu gives the student money for the ride.
(c) Tu tells the student to get a better car.
(d) Tu offers the student a job.

14. Why at the Lincoln Monument does Gruwell begin to understand why moms cry at school plays and graduations?
(a) She can't find one of the students.
(b) She is not looking forward to losing the students after they graduated.
(c) She is so proud of the Freedom Writers.
(d) She is worried about getting everyone back on the buses.

15. Why do the students and Gruwell have to climb out the window of the school one night?
(a) So the alarms don't go off.
(b) Because there is a gang fight outside the front door.
(c) Because they are not supposed to be in the building after hours.
(d) That is how they get into the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What starts a series of fights between Hispanics and Blacks at school during the fall of 1996?

2. What poem does a student write after realizing living in the ghetto and having brown skin does not mean you cannot be successful?

3. What museum do the students visit in D.C.?

4. During the diversity seminar, what does a student remember about how his/her brother died during his/her sophomore year?

5. Why, a few weeks before graduation, does a student have to give up his dream of attending a prestigious technical school?

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