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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 Barney want to do as an adult?

2. How does Barney say Kate gets her fun?

3. What does Barney ask Kate to make her call him crude before walking away?

4. What would be Griswold's preferred title for the debate?

5. What reason does Nora give for Mrs. Salter's departure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nora explain eventually happened to Mrs. Salters? What might this indicate to Deirdre?

2. What does Nora Baines tell Deirdre about censorship issues at the school?

3. What do we learn about Deirdre's previous place of employment?

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

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

6. Of what does Kate inform Barney regarding the school librarian?

7. What reaction do we see from Kate when Barney comments that "it doesn't feel right" to refer to authors as 'she' in the abstract?

8. How does Nora react to Principal Moore asking her to pull "Huckleberry Finn" from her class?

9. What is Barney doing at the library?

10. What do Barney, Kate and Luke each think about Gordon's offense to Huckleberry Finn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A number of different literary works are mentioned in the novel. What do these novels have in common? After reading the novel, what do you believe the author's view on freedom of the press is?

Essay Topic 2

During a disagreement with Principal Moore about the censoring of novels such as "Huckleberry Finn", Nora reminds Moore of the First Amendment and the Freedom of the Press. Discuss the ideals surrounding the First Amendment and explain how it correlates with the novel "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book".

Essay Topic 3

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.

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