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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 Karen suggest is the reason Principal Moore wanted the Dickens novel removed?
(a) There is violence and lust in the book.
(b) There is derogatory language used in the book.
(c) The plot of the story is offensive to women.
(d) The subject of the book is no longer relevant.

2. What is the outcome of the board's vote?
(a) Huckleberry Finn is banned from the school.
(b) The vote is split and the committee is dissolved.
(c) Principal Moore loses his job.
(d) Huckleberry Finn is kept free from restrictions.

3. A teacher at the school has filed a complaint against the book for what reason?
(a) Drug and alcohol abuse.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Religious intolerance.
(d) Violence.

4. What does Nora say is actually tried when a book is on trial?
(a) Those individuals who have read and found value in the book.
(b) The values of the American public.
(c) The imagination, free-speech and feeling of its author.
(d) The arts.

5. What does Deirdre remind Moore he should be respectful of?
(a) The literary career of Mark Twain.
(b) The influence he has on the students.
(c) Her role as librarian.
(d) The procedures of the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora ask Griswold?

2. Who admits to ignoring Frank Sylvester and Helen Cook since the vote?

3. Who is Steve Turney?

4. What do Luke and Barney see a lack of at the review hearing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What analogy does Reuben Foster use for the banning of books?

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

3. Describe the setting of the school board meeting.

4. Who is Steve Turney and why does he stay in Nora's class when other students walk out?

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

6. What is Reuben Foster doing in his office at the beginning of Chapter 10?

7. Why did Moore's request that Charles Dickens' "Our Mutual Friend" be removed from the library prove to be "the last straw" for Karen Salters, and how did she respond to Principal Moore?

8. 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?

9. Why does Luke's comment that Huck should be taken out and shot enrage Carl McLean?

10. Why has Karen now decided to take part in Barney's interview and what repercussions does she face by doing so?

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