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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. For what purpose does Barney suggest finding Mrs. Salter?
(a) To interview her for the school newspaper.
(b) To convince her to return to the school.
(c) To get her advice on an essay.
(d) To throw her a party.

2. Where is the debate being held?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) A classroom.
(c) The auditorium.
(d) The library.

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

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

5. Where do Deirdre and Nora discuss the truth behind what happened to Mrs. Salter?
(a) In the teachers' lounge.
(b) At a coffeeshop.
(c) At a fast food joint.
(d) In the school library.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deirdre wonder about Barney as she watches him look through the card catalog?

2. In Chapter 7, what is said to be the enemy of true freedom?

3. What does the acronym SOCASH stand for?

4. What does Nora ask Matthew Griswold?

5. What position does Deidre Fitzgerald hold at the school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Principal Moore attempt to calm Mr. McLean over what he finds offensive in "Huckleberry Finn"?

4. What is Barney doing at the library?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 6, what impression does Deidre have of Barney?

6. Describe Nora Baines.

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

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

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

10. What kind of behavior does Griswold believe freedom is, and how does he think it should be taught?

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