Answers:
1. Goosebumps
2. The Great Gilly Hopkins
3. Of Mice and Men
4. dictionary
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
6. The Bible
7. Catcher in the Rye
8. A Light in the Attic
9. Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
10. Native Son
11. First Amendment
12. Judy Blume
13. The Outsiders
14. Harry Potter series
>
> From: "Brisco, Shonda" <briscos@trinityvalleyschool.org>
> Date: 2004/09/27 Mon AM 11:59:06 CDT
> To: <calcote@COX-INTERNET.COM>, <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: RE: SHARE: banned book quiz
>
> Jeri,
>
> I can answer most of them, but can you give us the answers to these
> questions?
>
> I'm going to have a contest this week for my teachers and students.
> These will be great! (But if I give them the wrong answers --or if I
> don't have an "authoratative source" for the correct answers-- they'll
> "ban me!")<g>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Shonda Brisco
> Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
> Fort Worth, TX
> briscos@trinityvalleyschool.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeri Calcote
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:46 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: SHARE: banned book quiz
>
> Here's a series of questions you can use for Banned Books Week. I
> compiled them from various sources.
>
> 1. This series of scary books by R. L. Stine is a frequent target
> of those afraid of the popular books being a bad influence on their
> young sons. What is the name of the series?
>
> 2. When asked how she responds to those who want to ban this book,
> author Katherine Paterson says, "Gilly is a lost child who lies, steals,
> bullies...She would not be real if her mouth did not match her
> behavior." What's the name of the book?
>
> 3. This book was the second most frequently banned book in the
> 1990s. In 1993, the Mingus, Arizona, Union High School challenged the
> choice of it as appropriate English curriculum because of "profane
> language, moral statement, treatment of the retarded and the violent
> ending." Mainly, though, people want it discontinued due to the "vulgar
> language throughout." Written by John Steinbeck, what is it called?
>
> 4. A version of the book students may use to look up the
> definitions and spellings of words has been challenged, but retained, in
> the Churchill County, Nevada, school libraries due to "objectionable
> language." It is called a .
>
> 5. This book by famed poet Maya Angelou was challenged in 1994 at
> Westwood High School in Austin, Texas, because those objecting called it
> "pornographic" saying it contains profanity and encourages "premarital
> sex and homosexuality." What is the title?
>
> 6. This book, the top-selling book of all time, has been challenged
> as "obscene and pornographic" as well as including "tales of incest and
> murder." Many Sunday School teachers and pastors use it for reference
> and study. We know it as
>
> 7. This famous book by J. D. Salinger has been challenged because
> it is "centered around negative activity." It has been commonly used in
> English classes. Which book is it?
>
> 8. This poetry sketch book by Shel Silverstein has been challenged
> at the Fruitland Park Elementary School library in Lake County, Florida,
> because parents said it "promotes disrespect, horror and violence." What
> is the name of this book?
>
> 9. Two commonly read books by Mark Twain have been subjects of
> challenges and outright banning in several high schools due to
> complaints of "racially charged language." What are they?
>
> 10. Yakima, Washington, schools went through a five-month dispute
> over whether this Richard Wright book should be read by advanced high
> school English students. It was finally retained as part of the
> curriculum. Name the book.
>
> 11. This section of the Bill of Rights guarantees the freedom of
> religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. It is called
> .
>
> 12. This popular author wrote Forever, Deenie and the Fudgemania
> series. Her books are often the target of proposed bans in several
> schools. What is her name?
>
> 13. S. E. Hinton was only 17 when she wrote her first novel about
> teenagers living on the poor side of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Many people object
> to her real-life portrayal of the differences in the lives of the
> "socials" and the "greasers." What's the name of this novel?
>
> 14. Activists across the country are crusading to have this J. K.
> Rowling series banned from school libraries, claiming it encourages
> interest in Satanism and the occult. However, the essential element is
> the inspiring depiction of a boy's triumphant struggles. These books
> tell the story of an eleven-year-old orphan, despised by the relatives
> he lives with, who discovers he has a rare talent and works hard to
> develop it.
>
>
> Jeri Calcote
> District Library Media Specialist
> Poolville (TX) I.S.D.
> calcote@cox-internet.com
>
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