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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 a well-dressed man.
(c) He is a black man.
(d) He is an old man.

4. What are Luke, Barney and Nora doing in the library?
(a) Holding a tutoring session.
(b) Creating petitions to save "Huckleberry Finn".
(c) Waiting for the names of the review committee to be released.
(d) Researching book bannings in America.

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

6. What do Luke and Barney see a lack of at the review hearing?
(a) Women.
(b) Students.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Parents.

7. Why doesn't Steve Turney object to staying in the class?
(a) His parents have told him to stay in class.
(b) He hasn't yet decided whether the book is racist or not.
(c) He doesn't find the book to be offensive.
(d) He thinks that Gordon is handling the situation wrong.

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

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

10. What does Moore ask Deirdre to do with the library's copies of Huckleberry Finn?
(a) Bring them to his office.
(b) Mail them back to their publisher.
(c) Hide them in a closet.
(d) To put them under her desk.

11. In class, how does Barney describe "Huckleberry Finn" to Gordon?
(a) As a story that transcends racial issues.
(b) As a great work of American literature.
(c) As a book about two men who care for each other.
(d) As unintentionally offensive.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has Barney arranged to meet Karen Salters for?

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

4. What did the Governor of Georgia do in the story Lomax told?

5. What book containing rape, slavery and murder did Karen complain about to Moore?

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