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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. What does Nora wish to speak to Deidre about when she enters the library?
(a) Her overdue books.
(b) The weather.
(c) New books in the library.
(d) Principal Moore.

2. What did Principal Moore fail to have Mr. McLean do?
(a) Fill out a complaint form.
(b) Leave his telephone number.
(c) Contact the school board.
(d) Take his son home.

3. What nickname do Barney and Luke have for their principal?
(a) Mr. Say-no-Moore.
(b) Mighty Mike.
(c) Moore the Bore.
(d) Monster Mike.

4. What did the school founder George Mason claim?
(a) That children should be seen and not heard.
(b) That money makes the world go 'round.
(c) That freedom of speech is a luxury.
(d) That freedom of the press was vital.

5. What would be Griswold's preferred title for the debate?
(a) "Is False Freedom Giving True Freedom a Bad Name?"
(b) "Is America Free for All, or Just for Few?"
(c) "Where is Freedom?"
(d) "Is Undervaluing Freedom Ruining America?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization will the lawyer invited to the debate represent?

2. How does Maggie hope to get her students to learn to think for themselves?

3. What does Luke compare his mother to in an effort to convey the lack of freedom in his life?

4. Which of the following books is on the reading list for Nora's class?

5. What is the title of the debate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we learn about Deirdre's previous place of employment?

2. What is Barney doing at the library?

3. What are Griswold's beliefs about censorship?

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

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. What happens when Principal Moore encourages Nora to think of herself as a black person?

8. Of what does Kate inform Barney regarding the school librarian?

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

10. On what grounds is Gordon McLean offended by "Huckleberry Finn", and what has done about it?

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