Which of the following is not true of efforts to censor books, magazines and films?
a. Most reported book challenges take place in schools and public libraries.
b. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has never been targeted by censors.
c. A school district in Little Rock, Ark., removed Harry Potter books from its library because the school board claimed the tales of wizards and spells could harm schoolchildren.
d. The State of Alabama based censorship efforts on a federal judge’s ruling that certain books
promoted “secular humanism.”
ANSWER: b
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