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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 Kate say is the only way to fight a lie?
(a) By getting the media on your side.
(b) By shouting the truth.
(c) With legal action.
(d) Not to let it infect people in the first place.

2. What does the committee decide of Huckleberry Finn?
(a) To teach it only to white students.
(b) To provide it to senior students only.
(c) To censor certain chapters of the book.
(d) To ban it from required reading lists.

3. What does Barney suggest Gordon should do in discussions about Huckleberry Finn?
(a) Gordon should raise his voice.
(b) Gordon should speak out.
(c) Gordon should excuse himself.
(d) Gordon should keep his opinions to himself.

4. What did Karen warn she might do which spurred Principal Moore to threaten to fire her?
(a) Return any 'removed' books to the shelves.
(b) Report him for incompetence.
(c) Burn down the library.
(d) Go to the media.

5. What book does Kate cite as not possibly offensive to anyone?
(a) Vanity Fair.
(b) Goodnight, Moon.
(c) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Reuben Foster's concern about the news coverage of his town?

2. What does Lomax say can happen when one group is given the power to censor?

3. During her appearance on television, on which point did Deirdre state her agreement with Kate?

4. What does Barney ask Principal Moore about the interview to determine whether it is fit to be published?

5. Who does Principal Moore have a telephone conversation with at the beginning of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. As they await the release of the names of the review committee members, what do Barney and Luke discuss in reference to the previous year's censorship issues?

2. What results from Barney's article being published?

3. What is Carl McLean's official complaint against "Huckleberry Finn"?

4. What decisions does Barney come to in regards to his article?

5. What repercussions does Maggie Crowley suggest could result from Barney publishing his article?

6. Deirdre and Kate both state that freedom can be dangerous. Explain their individual points of view.

7. What does Karen Salters tell Barney about how censorship was carried out in the school library before her departure?

8. What are Nora's evaluations of the members of the review committee?

9. Outline Deirdre's arguments in her refusal to remove "Huckleberry Finn" from the library shelves.

10. What hypocrisy does Nora Baines show in Chapter 15?

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