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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. How did Kate learn about what happened to Mrs. Salters?

2. What does Nora Bates make her class do in addition to studying their textbooks?

3. When he can't find the book that he wants, what does Deirdre offer Barney?

4. What does Carl McLean demand?

5. Who bounces a book off of Kate's head?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Nora Baines.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. According to Dickenson, when is an apparent free choice not free at all, and what example does he provide?

9. Describe Deirdre Fitzgerald.

10. What are Griswold's beliefs about censorship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Freedom of individual thought is a major theme of the novel. Nora lobbies for it against the Principal, the students learn about it, and the debaters touch on it during the debate in Chapter 7 and 8. Discuss how freedom of individual thought is explored in the novel and how it plays a part in stopping the censorship of "Huckleberry Finn".

Essay Topic 3

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?

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