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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 Karen suggest is the reason Principal Moore wanted the Dickens novel removed?
2. What has Barney written for the school paper?
3. What does Deirdre remind Moore he should be respectful of?
4. What does Moore claim in his local TV interview?
5. What does Moore ask Deirdre to do with the library's copies of Huckleberry Finn?
Short Essay Questions
1. What decisions does Barney come to in regards to his article?
2. Deirdre and Kate both state that freedom can be dangerous. Explain their individual points of view.
3. What is Carl McLean's official complaint against "Huckleberry Finn"?
4. What analogy does Reuben Foster use for the banning of books?
5. As they await the release of the names of the review committee members, what do Barney and Luke discuss in reference to the previous year's censorship issues?
6. What does Karen Salters tell Barney about how censorship was carried out in the school library before her departure?
7. Outline Steve Turney's speech in support of "Huckleberry Finn".
8. Outline Deirdre's arguments in her refusal to remove "Huckleberry Finn" from the library shelves.
9. What is Reuben Foster doing in his office at the beginning of Chapter 10?
10. What would Matthew Griswold like to see happen to "Huckleberry Finn", and does he consider his preference censorship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The main characters of the novel often had contrasting views of the censorship issue. Outline and compare the views of three of the main characters, and determine whether these views affected their relationship with one another.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Nora is a main character of the novel who has a number of opinions on the novel's major themes. Write a character study of Nora and discuss how this character influenced the events of the story.
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