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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Principal Moore request to come to see him first thing in the morning?
(a) Barney Roth.
(b) Gordon McLean.
(c) Nora Baines.
(d) Deirdre Fitzgerald.

2. What kind of behavior does Griswold believe freedom to be?
(a) A learned behavior.
(b) A natural behavior.
(c) A devious behavior.
(d) A social behavior.

3. What does Mr. Moore consider searching the school for before Mr. McLean arrives?
(a) Deirdre, so she can join the meeting.
(b) An image of Martin Luther King.
(c) A more comfortable chair for his office.
(d) A copy of "Huckleberry Finn".

4. What is Kate's opinion of Huckleberry Finn?
(a) The novel is too difficult to understand.
(b) The novel is Kate's favorite.
(c) The novel is misunderstood.
(d) The novel is racist and sexist.

5. What point does Griswold make about the Supreme Court upholding the separation of Church and state?
(a) That slavery and segregation were once upheld, too.
(b) That American will one day suffer as a result.
(c) That the Supreme Court is full of clowns.
(d) That people will support a change someday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the book that Barney is seeking?

2. What did Mrs. Salter do after fighting with Mr. Moore about what was happening in the library?

3. What did Principal Moore fail to have Mr. McLean do?

4. What does Barney ask Kate to make her call him crude before walking away?

5. What book by Alexis de Tocqueville does Nora introduce in her class?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nora explain Mrs. Salters' departure?

2. What does Carl McLean demand happen in regards to the novel, and how does Principal Moore respond?

3. Why does Matthew Griswold believe religious concepts should be introduced in schools?

4. How does the meeting between Nora Baines and Matthew Griswold go?

5. What did Alexis de Tocqueville have to say about life in America?

6. According to Nora, what types of people have been making complaints to the school library in the past few years?

7. Describe Deirdre Fitzgerald.

8. What example does Matthew Griswold use to demonstrate that freedom has become less individualized?

9. What is Barney doing at the library?

10. What is Principal Moore's response to Nora's vehement refusal to allow "Huckleberry Finn" to be removed from her class?

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