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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Principal Moore say the school will look if the article is published?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Heroic.
(c) Out of control.
(d) Well-disciplined.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Barney state that no one should have the right to do?
(a) Force a person to read a book.
(b) Criticize the words authors choose to use.
(c) Stop someone else from reading a specific book.
(d) Scrutinize another person's book selections.

8. Who is Reuben Foster?
(a) A newspaper reporter.
(b) A representative from The American Civil Liberties Union.
(c) A teacher at George Mason High School.
(d) The head of the School Board.

9. What book does Kate cite as not possibly offensive to anyone?
(a) Goodnight, Moon.
(b) Vanity Fair.
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

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

11. 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".

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

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

14. What does Nora Baines walk into the library carrying?
(a) A copy of Huckleberry Finn.
(b) The written complaint from Carl McLean.
(c) A cup of coffee.
(d) A stack of test papers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barney suggest Gordon should do in discussions about Huckleberry Finn?

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

3. What does Griswold suggest should happen with the book?

4. What does Barney say will happen when his story is published?

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

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