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

2. How does Nora describe the words like "clergyperson" and "policeperson"?
(a) As deformities of language.
(b) As examples of the flexibility of language.
(c) As perfectly acceptable words.
(d) As slang in the age of political correctness.

3. According to Nora Baines, what or who had been a victim of assaults in the previous school year?
(a) Members of the glee club.
(b) Library books.
(c) The chairs in the cafeteria.
(d) The school mascot.

4. What position does Deidre Fitzgerald hold at the school?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Vice-principal.
(c) Math teacher.
(d) Art teacher.

5. What scenario does Griswald use to question the definition of freedom?
(a) A child choosing crayons.
(b) A dog picking a bone.
(c) A man selecting a neck tie.
(d) A woman buying lipstick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barney want to do as an adult?

2. Which of the following describes Deidre Fitzgerald?

3. As Nora passes Gordon in the hall, what does he proclaim?

4. What would be Griswold's preferred title for the debate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora Baines tell Deirdre about censorship issues at the school?

2. Describe Nora Baines.

3. What reaction do we see from Kate when Barney comments that "it doesn't feel right" to refer to authors as 'she' in the abstract?

4. Describe the class that Maggie Crowley teaches.

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

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

7. What do Luke, Gordon and Barney have to say about their respective parents when it comes to "freedom"?

8. What is Barney doing at the library?

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

10. What relevance do the portraits on Principal Moore's wall have in this chapter?

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