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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. Deidre realizes she is late for a meeting with whom?

2. What does Nora suggest the students use instead of "he" or "she" to refer to authors?

3. According to Nora, how did Principal Moore deal with controversial books?

4. Who does Kate claim truly ruled in America?

5. Why does Griswold believe high school students should not be allowed to have free choice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we learn about Barney in Chapter 6?

2. What kind of behavior does Griswold believe freedom is, and how does he think it should be taught?

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

4. What is supposed to happen when complaints are made against books, and why hadn't it happened in the past few years?

5. How does Nora explain Mrs. Salters' departure?

6. What does Carl McLean demand happen in regards to the novel, and how does Principal Moore respond?

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

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

9. What relevance do the portraits on Principal Moore's wall have in this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It can be said that Principal Moore acts as the antagonist of the novel. Using evidence from the story, explain your whether you believe this to be true or not.

Essay Topic 2

This novel depicts the struggles one faces when choosing to stand up for what one believes in. Discuss who and how the characters stand up for what they believe in, as well as the results of said actions.

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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