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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 subject does Nora Baines teach?
(a) Social studies.
(b) History.
(c) Science.
(d) Art.
2. When he can't find the book that he wants, what does Deirdre offer Barney?
(a) Her own private copy.
(b) To buy another copy.
(c) An audio version.
(d) To borrow a copy from another school.
3. Who is Mrs. Salters?
(a) The school's former librarian.
(b) The school's former principal.
(c) The school's former history teacher.
(d) The school's former music teacher.
4. What does Nora anticipate will happen at the school over the "Huckleberry Finn" issue?
(a) She anticipates a "coup d'etat".
(b) She anticipates a "pointless confrontation".
(c) She anticipates a "big explosion".
(d) She anticipates a "heated discussion".
5. What does Mr. McLean do when he arrives for his meeting with Mr. Moore?
(a) He tears pages out of a copy of the novel.
(b) He stares in surprise at the portraits on the wall.
(c) He asks that Nora join the meeting.
(d) He reads passages from the novel.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Nora passes Gordon in the hall, what does he proclaim?
2. What does Barney say about his parents?
3. In 1919, for what crime were who flew red flags, arrested?
4. What is the name of the class Maggie Crowley teaches?
5. What kind of behavior does Griswold believe freedom to be?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Dickenson, when is an apparent free choice not free at all, and what example does he provide?
2. What do Luke, Gordon and Barney have to say about their respective parents when it comes to "freedom"?
3. What do we learn about Barney in Chapter 6?
4. How does Nora describe words such as 'clergyperson' and 'policeperson'?
5. Why does Matthew Griswold believe religious concepts should be introduced in schools?
6. Describe the class that Maggie Crowley teaches.
7. According to Nora, what types of people have been making complaints to the school library in the past few years?
8. What did Alexis de Tocqueville have to say about life in America?
9. What happens when Principal Moore encourages Nora to think of herself as a black person?
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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