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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Gruwell compare the Capulets and Montagues in Romeo and Juliet?
(a) The Black and Hispanic gangs in Long Beach.
(b) The preppy students and the Asian students.
(c) The Black and Asian gangs in Long Beach.
(d) The Latino and Asian gangs in Long Beach.

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

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

4. 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 Serbian.
(d) She says that she is a human being.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far do two students go to be accepted into a gang and a sorority?

2. What happens to the fathers of the diversity panelist and the student who are sent to internment camps?

3. What does Zlata hope the Freedom Writers Diary will do?

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

5. What amazes a student about the bathrooms at the Century City Marriott?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Gerda Seifer?

2. Why is the word 'murder' a shadow hovering over a student's life the fall of 1995?

3. Why does a student transfer from the Distinguished Scholars program to Gruwell's class?

4. Why is the summer before the sophomore year the worst ever for one student?

5. In Diary 46, why does a student's father dislike her best friend?

6. Why are some students not allowed to go to Medieval Times?

7. What is tagging?

8. What happens to a Croatian boy named Tony?

9. Describe what happens when a student is in a liquor store buying candy?

10. In Diary Two, why does a student wonder why he is in Gruwell's English class?

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