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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Moore consider searching the school for before Mr. McLean arrives?
(a) A more comfortable chair for his office.
(b) An image of Martin Luther King.
(c) A copy of "Huckleberry Finn".
(d) Deirdre, so she can join the meeting.

2. What is the topic of the debate Maggie invites Nora and her class to attend?
(a) Freedom of the press.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Constitutional rights.
(d) Individual freedoms.

3. Who does Kate claim truly ruled in America?
(a) Powerful businessmen.
(b) Male, white people.
(c) The rich upperclass.
(d) The lobbyists in Washington.

4. What does Nora state about books in general?
(a) That books all offend one person or another.
(b) That books are a valuable teaching tool.
(c) That books aren't meant to be taken personally.
(d) That books are easily misunderstood.

5. What does Mr. McLean do when he arrives for his meeting with Mr. Moore?
(a) He asks that Nora join the meeting.
(b) He reads passages from the novel.
(c) He stares in surprise at the portraits on the wall.
(d) He tears pages out of a copy of the novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Salters?

2. As Nora passes Gordon in the hall, what does he proclaim?

3. Who will represent The Citizen's League for the Preservation of American Values in the debate?

4. What book by Alexis de Tocqueville does Nora introduce in her class?

5. Which of the following describes Deidre Fitzgerald?

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