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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Moore believe will happen in Nora's class?

2. Where do Deirdre and Nora discuss the truth behind what happened to Mrs. Salter?

3. How does Nora describe the words like "clergyperson" and "policeperson"?

4. What does Mr. McLean do when he arrives for his meeting with Mr. Moore?

5. What does Nora say Tocqueville felt Americans truly ruled?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what grounds is Gordon McLean offended by "Huckleberry Finn", and what has done about it?

2. What do Luke, Gordon and Barney have to say about their respective parents when it comes to "freedom"?

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

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

5. What is Barney doing at the library?

6. How does Nora describe words such as 'clergyperson' and 'policeperson'?

7. What are some of the beliefs of Hugo Black shared by Kent Dickenson?

8. Describe the class that Maggie Crowley teaches.

9. Describe Deirdre Fitzgerald.

10. What is Principal Moore's response to Nora's vehement refusal to allow "Huckleberry Finn" to be removed from her class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses exposition to communicate information that occurred before the start of the novel. Discuss the use of exposition in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

As high school students are usually too young to have formed opinions on many fundamental issues, it is of no surprise that they often succumb to peer pressure. Discuss the role that peer pressure plays on the development of the students' opinions.

Essay Topic 3

During a conversation, Luke and Barney admit to being aware of censorship in previous years, but did not care a great deal, or did not do much to stop it from happening. Discuss whether it is human nature to ignore the things that don't affect you directly. Discuss if this is true with the characters in the novel, and whether there are characters to which this theory does not apply.

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