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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Karen give Barney on his article?
(a) To be repectful.
(b) To stay objective.
(c) To cite his sources.
(d) To write it strongly and accurately.

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

3. What has Barney arranged to meet Karen Salters for?
(a) An interview.
(b) To return a book.
(c) To introduce her to Deirdre Fitzgerald.
(d) Journalistic advice.

4. Who is Steve Turney?
(a) A student who writes for the school newspaper.
(b) A member of the School Board.
(c) The only black student who remains in the class.
(d) The father of a student in Nora's class.

5. Who admits to ignoring Frank Sylvester and Helen Cook since the vote?
(a) Principal Moore
(b) Deirdre Fitzgerald.
(c) Nora Baines.
(d) Maggie Crowley.

6. What does Barney suggest Gordon should do in discussions about Huckleberry Finn?
(a) Gordon should speak out.
(b) Gordon should excuse himself.
(c) Gordon should raise his voice.
(d) Gordon should keep his opinions to himself.

7. What happens to the immoral characters in Dickens' story?
(a) They receive punishments befitting their behavior.
(b) They are shunned socially.
(c) They experience enlightenment.
(d) They triumph in spite of their crimes.

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

9. What does Barney ask Principal Moore about the interview to determine whether it is fit to be published?
(a) Whether it would be offensive to the committee.
(b) Whether it is obscene or libellous.
(c) Whether his sources are reliable.
(d) Whether there are any spelling mistakes.

10. What does Barney offer Principal Moore should his article be published?
(a) The opportunity to write a reply.
(b) To step down as editor of the school paper.
(c) To leave his name out of the article.
(d) The chance to speak to the television press.

11. What did the Governor of Georgia do in the story Lomax told?
(a) The Govenor abused his power to make positive changes.
(b) The Govenor overturned a ban on "Huckleberry Finn."
(c) The Govenor attempted to have books supporting integration burned.
(d) The Govenor restricted the freedom of the press.

12. What book containing rape, slavery and murder did Karen complain about to Moore?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) The Grapes of Wrath.
(c) The Holy Bible.
(d) War and Peace.

13. After local press publicizes the issues at the school, who begins to show interest in the story?
(a) National news stations.
(b) Human rights organizations.
(c) The international press.
(d) Talk show hosts.

14. 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 arts.
(c) The values of the American public.
(d) Those individuals who have read and found value in the book.

15. What does Reuben Foster state the Board will have a session to review?
(a) Principal Moore's censorship policies in the past.
(b) The terms of Karen Salter's deal with Principal Moore.
(c) Barney's newspaper article.
(d) Additional books from the school library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate say Gordon should not have to be reminded of in class?

2. A teacher at the school has filed a complaint against the book for what reason?

3. What right(s) does Kate feel are being infringed on by having to read "Huckleberry Finn"?

4. Who is Reuben Foster?

5. Luke's comment that they should just take Huck out and shoot him is seen as proof of what by Carl McLean?

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