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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Reuben Foster tell Principal Moore to share the School Board's decision with?
(a) No one.
(b) The George Mason faculty.
(c) Nora and Deirdre.
(d) The media.

2. What arrangement was made so that Karen could leave her job on beneficial terms?
(a) Karen was to never work in a school again.
(b) Karen was to send a letter praising Principal Moore to the School Board.
(c) Karen was to keep quiet about what happened in the library.
(d) Karen was to provide Principal Moore with a bribe.

3. What does Luke question Barney about in regards to the school paper?
(a) Why he did not write any stories about the previous year's censorship issue.
(b) Why he would want to work for it.
(c) Why he can't find a copy to read.
(d) Why there is so much coverage of the "Huckleberry Finn" controversy.

4. What does Maggie suggest might happen if Barney offends Principal Moore?
(a) Barney might be removed from the school newspaper staff.
(b) Principal Moore might interfere with his college applications.
(c) Principal Moore might take legal action.
(d) Barney might be suspended.

5. What has Barney written for the school paper?
(a) A profile of Principal Moore.
(b) An investigation of Prinicipal Moore's censorship.
(c) An editorial about Huckleberry Finn.
(d) An interview with Deirdre Fitzgerald.

6. Where is the school board meeting held?
(a) The school auditorium.
(b) The school cafteria.
(c) The public library.
(d) The town hall.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 11, some students object to staying in what sort of class?
(a) An oppressive class.
(b) A harmful class.
(c) An offensive class.
(d) A racist class.

8. What does Nora say is actually tried when a book is on trial?
(a) The imagination, free-speech and feeling of its author.
(b) The values of the American public.
(c) Those individuals who have read and found value in the book.
(d) The arts.

9. What does Griswold suggest should happen with the book?
(a) The book should be moved from required reading to suggested reading lists.
(b) The book should be removed from the school.
(c) The book should be freely available to students.
(d) The book should only be taught to senior students.

10. Who argues with Principal Moore about the publishing of the Salters Interview at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Barney and Maggie.
(b) Deirdre Fitzgerald.
(c) Kate.
(d) Carl McLean.

11. What is Reuben Foster's concern about the news coverage of his town?
(a) That it is being made to look like a backwater village.
(b) That the coverage is biased.
(c) That the town is being made to look idyllic.
(d) That the citizens are being made to look foolish.

12. What does the committee decide of Huckleberry Finn?
(a) To teach it only to white students.
(b) To provide it to senior students only.
(c) To ban it from required reading lists.
(d) To censor certain chapters of the book.

13. Who does Kate say she would like to see debate Carl McLean?
(a) Barney.
(b) Deirdre.
(c) Nora.
(d) Maggie Crowley.

14. Which TV program interviews Barney?
(a) "Good Morning, America".
(b) "Nightline".
(c) "The Oprah Winfrey Show".
(d) "60 Minutes".

15. What reason does Stanley Lomax suggest as the only one Kate could have for trusting him?
(a) He is a white man.
(b) He is an old man.
(c) He is a black man.
(d) He is a well-dressed man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuben Foster state the Board will have a session to review?

2. In class, how does Barney describe "Huckleberry Finn" to Gordon?

3. What does Barney ask Principal Moore about the interview to determine whether it is fit to be published?

4. Which of the following is not a member of the review committee?

5. What does Nora ask Griswold?

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