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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A teacher at the school has filed a complaint against the book for what reason?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Religious intolerance.
(c) Violence.
(d) Drug and alcohol abuse.

3. What is Reuben Foster doing at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Role-playing conversations.
(b) Speaking with Carl McLean.
(c) Composing a letter to Deirdre Fitzgerald.
(d) Reading through "Huckleberry Finn".

4. What does Barney's father say often comes of those who avoid the issues when pressed for details?
(a) They get away with murder.
(b) They must fit it easy to get through life.
(c) They often find themselves under further scrutiny.
(d) They probably have nothing to hide.

5. What does Principal Moore tell Deirdre to do if a student asks for Huckleberry Finn?
(a) To tell them it is out.
(b) To give them detention.
(c) To tell them to get it from the town library.
(d) To give them a copy of the book.

6. What does Principal Moore talk to in his office?
(a) A copy of Huckleberry Finn.
(b) His pet turtle.
(c) The school coat of arms.
(d) A photo of John Wayne.

7. What does Mr. Dennis claim Jim and Huck's nudity in the novel suggests?
(a) Innocence and purity.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) The author was a social deviant.
(d) A sense of freedom.

8. What do Barney, Luke, Gordon and Kate do during lunchtime?
(a) Try to get students to attend the review meeting.
(b) Debate the freedom of the press.
(c) Try to find more potentially controversial books in the library.
(d) Have some pizza.

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

10. What right(s) does Kate feel are being infringed on by having to read "Huckleberry Finn"?
(a) The right to freedom of education.
(b) The right to speak freely and demonstrate.
(c) The right to be free from racism and sexism.
(d) The right to freedom of choice.

11. What organization has also filed a complaint against the book?
(a) Christians for American Schools.
(b) The American Education League.
(c) Parents for Moral Schools.
(d) The Organization for Educational Morality.

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

13. Who does Principal Moore have a telephone conversation with at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) A member of the school board.
(b) Carl McLean.
(c) Maggie Crowley.
(d) Nora Baines.

14. Which committee members voted to keep Huckleberry Finn 'free' in the school?
(a) Deirdre and Matthew Griswold.
(b) Deirdre, Stanley Lomax and Ben Maddox.
(c) Deirdre and Nora.
(d) Deirdre, Kent Dickenson, and Cindy Dennis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moore say of his past with Karen Salter?

2. Who, by law, is prevented from controlling the school newspaper?

3. What arrangement was made so that Karen could leave her job on beneficial terms?

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

5. What is Steve's belief about Twain's use of the word 'nigger'?

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