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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article by Peter Maass does a student read his/her sophomore year?

2. What does a student's mother do about a teacher who doesn't read black literature?

3. Who helps Gruwell get permission to teach the seniors?

4. What is the prom queen's native country?

5. Why does a student have to be head of the household and worry about rent and car payments Senior year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Gruwell scared sometimes when she drives students home?

2. What does Gruwell do after the student's graduate?

3. When they are in Washington, D.C., what do some students do when they see swastikas?

4. What do the Freedom Writers want readers of their book to do?

5. Why does a student write that she is a loving girl and mention that she cries when she read "The Color Purple"?

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

7. In Diary 103, how many girls does the student know that go to college?

8. Since Europe is over a year away, what takes precedence in Gruwell's plans after graduation?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Zlata comes to visit and people ask her her nationality, she tells them "I'm a human being." Why is it strange that adults ask this question? What happens if instead of labeling people, people are treated as individuals? What does the writer of Diary 47 say about this incident? How is the world a better place if we are all treated just as human beings? What happens if there are no labels?

Essay Topic 2

In Diary 74, a student's mother tells him/her that "One person can make a difference that can change the world." Why does the student find that statement unbelievable? What are some examples of people the student remembers making great changes? Does the student begin to believe that one person can make a difference that changes the world? Does the student believe that s/he can make that kind of difference or that his/her fellow students can make that type of a difference? Why or why not? Provide examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

A theme in the book is the parallel between warfare as experienced by Anne Frank and Zlata Filipovic and the violence the students see in their everyday lives. How can the events in Anne's and Zlata's lives be compared to the student's lives? What kind of violence did Frank and Filipovic experience? What type of violence do the students experience? How is the violence that Anne and Zlata experienced similar or dissimilar to what the students face?

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