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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the acronym SOCASH stand for?
(a) Save Our Children from Authors, Satirists & Humorists.
(b) Save Our Children from Austen, Shakespeare & Hemmingway.
(c) Save Our Children from American School Heretics.
(d) Save Our Children from Atheist Secular Humanism.

2. What is Gordon's opinion of Nora after reading Huckleberry Finn?
(a) Nora must be trying to offend the boys in her class.
(b) Nora must be a feminist.
(c) Nora must not care how her black students feel.
(d) Nora must not have read the book.

3. Which of the following authors is mentioned as having been attacked in the past?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Kurt Vonnegut.

4. What did de Tocqueville fear was lost in an effort by Americans to assimilate?
(a) Traditions.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Culture.
(d) Freedoms.

5. Where do Deirdre and Nora discuss the truth behind what happened to Mrs. Salter?
(a) In the teachers' lounge.
(b) At a coffeeshop.
(c) At a fast food joint.
(d) In the school library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do Barney and Luke have for their principal?

2. In which situation does Deirdre state that she is terrifying?

3. How did Kate learn about what happened to Mrs. Salters?

4. Why did Mrs. Salter become frustrated by her job?

5. What is supposed to happen when complaints are made about books in the school library?

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