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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 organization has also filed a complaint against the book?
(a) The Organization for Educational Morality.
(b) Parents for Moral Schools.
(c) Christians for American Schools.
(d) The American Education League.

2. Who does Kate say she would like to see debate Carl McLean?
(a) Deirdre.
(b) Maggie Crowley.
(c) Nora.
(d) Barney.

3. What does Kate suggest of Barney to hurt his feelings?
(a) That he is a self-hating Jew.
(b) That he is a phoney.
(c) That he is a racist.
(d) That he is a male chauvenist.

4. What does Barney say will happen when his story is published?
(a) Principal Moore will be fired.
(b) The "Huckleberry Finn" issue will be quickly settled.
(c) He will be expelled from school.
(d) Karen Salter will be a heroine.

5. Who argues with Principal Moore about the publishing of the Salters Interview at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Barney and Maggie.
(b) Carl McLean.
(c) Kate.
(d) Deirdre Fitzgerald.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Moore claim in his local TV interview?

3. What does Reuben Foster state the Board will have a session to review?

4. What does Maggie suggest might happen if Barney offends Principal Moore?

5. What does Nora say is actually tried when a book is on trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Maggie Crowley threaten Principal Moore as he attempts to block Barney's article from being published?

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

4. 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?

5. Why do Barney's parents get so angry after Barney remarks on television that he is unsure whether they would allow him to read the Bible now that it is under scrutiny?

6. What rights does Ken Dickenson say he is defending when he speaks on behalf of "Huckleberry Finn"?

7. 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?

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

9. Outline Steve Turney's speech in support of "Huckleberry Finn".

10. What would Matthew Griswold like to see happen to "Huckleberry Finn", and does he consider his preference censorship?

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