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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. What article by Peter Maass does a student read his/her sophomore year?
(a) Bosnia, a First-Hand Persepective.
(b) Ground Zero.
(c) The Bosnia War.
(d) Bosnia: War or Religious Cleansing?

2. Who says, "Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Anne Frank.
(c) Zlata Filipovic.
(d) Miep Gies.

3. Why is one student not excited about making a book of events from their lives?
(a) Because the student does feel their writing is very good.
(b) Because the student thinks everyone should write their own book.
(c) The student would rather write fiction than be reminded of events s/he wishes to suppress.
(d) Because the student does not like being anonymous.

4. When one of the juniors was twelve, how did her grandmother die?
(a) From burns allegedly inflicted by the student's father.
(b) From a heart attack.
(c) From a fall down stairs.
(d) From a beating by the student's father.

5. Who does a student compare him/herself to when the student says "I've probably witnessed more dead bodies than a ______________."
(a) Doctor.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Mortician.
(d) Soldier in a war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gruwell tell Zlata on the phone spring of 1996?

2. What does the student who used to play park league and Pop Warner football receive?

3. Whose album cover does the class analyze?

4. When the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, what motto do they chant?

5. Why does a teacher say they do not read black literature in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragic event makes the Freedom Writers realize how fortunate they are?

2. What magical event occurs at the Lincoln Memorial?

3. How does Gruwell spend the summer of 1996?

4. Why does a student feel that "National Spokesperson for the Plight of Black People" is stamped on her forehead?

5. Why is it difficult for Gruwell to get permission to teach the students their senior year?

6. Who is Peter Maass?

7. Why does reading "Catcher in the Rye" make a student begin to think about the consequences of suicide?

8. What does the prom queen write about her life?

9. After the students walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, what does someone suggest?

10. What circumstances lead to a student being offered a job from John Tu?

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