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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Nora ask Griswold?
(a) Whether he is an agent of the Soviet Union.
(b) Whether he respects women.
(c) Whether he believes in free speech.
(d) Whether he has even read "Huckleberry Finn".

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

5. What does Karen suggest is the reason Principal Moore wanted the Dickens novel removed?
(a) There is violence and lust in the book.
(b) The subject of the book is no longer relevant.
(c) The plot of the story is offensive to women.
(d) There is derogatory language used in the book.

6. What did Karen warn she might do which spurred Principal Moore to threaten to fire her?
(a) Go to the media.
(b) Return any 'removed' books to the shelves.
(c) Report him for incompetence.
(d) Burn down the library.

7. What makes Kate question her original beliefs?
(a) The media coverage of the controversy.
(b) Turney's speech.
(c) Deirdre's comments on TV.
(d) Comments from Barney.

8. What does Moore claim in his local TV interview?
(a) That he never considered preventing Barney's article from being published.
(b) That he will be suing Barney and his family.
(c) That the article is 100% untrue.
(d) That he is proud of Barney for his journalistic skill.

9. What are Reuben Fosters personal feelings for Principal Moore?
(a) Foster respects Principal Moore.
(b) Foster dislikes Principal Moore.
(c) Foster thinks Principal Moore is funny.
(d) Foster distrusts Principal Moore.

10. At the end of the chapter, what does Barney proclaim is now a personal issue for him?
(a) The running of the school paper.
(b) Racism.
(c) The First Amendment.
(d) The "Huckleberry Finn" controversy.

11. What does Kate believe educational institutions should guide students on?
(a) The media students are exposed to.
(b) The difference between right and wrong.
(c) Social interactions.
(d) Their religious practices.

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

13. What is Steve's belief about Twain's use of the word 'nigger'?
(a) That Twain used the word to bring scorn to the characters who said it.
(b) That Twain was trying to insult black people.
(c) That Twain used it because it was a common word in the past.
(d) That Twain didn't know it was offensive.

14. What does Steve Turney believe about many of the individuals who have complained about Huckleberry Finn?
(a) That they have carefully studied the book.
(b) That they are overreacting.
(c) That they are villainizing Mark Twain.
(d) That they have not read the book.

15. What does Barney compare the banning of "Huckleberry Finn" to?
(a) Living in Prison.
(b) Communism.
(c) Nazi actions.
(d) The novel, "1984".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Principal Moore tell Deirdre to do if a student asks for Huckleberry Finn?

2. Who is Reuben Foster?

3. How does Principal Moore say the school will look if the article is published?

4. What book does Kate cite as not possibly offensive to anyone?

5. What does Moore commend Barney on?

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