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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. In class, how does Barney describe "Huckleberry Finn" to Gordon?
(a) As a story that transcends racial issues.
(b) As a great work of American literature.
(c) As unintentionally offensive.
(d) As a book about two men who care for each other.

2. What happens to the immoral characters in Dickens' story?
(a) They are shunned socially.
(b) They triumph in spite of their crimes.
(c) They receive punishments befitting their behavior.
(d) They experience enlightenment.

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

4. Which committee members voted to keep Huckleberry Finn 'free' in the school?
(a) Deirdre and Matthew Griswold.
(b) Deirdre and Nora.
(c) Deirdre, Stanley Lomax and Ben Maddox.
(d) Deirdre, Kent Dickenson, and Cindy Dennis.

5. What is Reuben Foster's concern about the news coverage of his town?
(a) That it is being made to look like a backwater village.
(b) That the coverage is biased.
(c) That the town is being made to look idyllic.
(d) That the citizens are being made to look foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Griswold suggest should happen with the book?

2. Who does Reuben Foster tell Principal Moore to share the School Board's decision with?

3. What does Nora ask Griswold?

4. Who does Kate say she would like to see debate Carl McLean?

5. How does Principal Moore try to convince Deirdre to remove the books from the library?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What further complaints have been made against "Huckleberry Finn" and by whom have they been made?

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