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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color did Lou Ann always wear on Christmas as a child?
(a) Red.
(b) Pink.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

2. In what city did Lou Ann get an editorial job at in September 1976?
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Boston.

3. What overwhelmed Lou Ann about the other students at Harvard?
(a) They spoke differently than she did.
(b) Everyone was articulate.
(c) They had more life experience than she did.
(d) They had different educations than she did.

4. Who was attempting to buy the magazine that Lou Ann worked at?
(a) John Murdoch.
(b) Steve Murdoch.
(c) Rupert Murdoch.
(d) Clay Murdoch.

5. What quality did Lou Ann say that her parents voices had?
(a) A ships horn on a foggy night.
(b) A quack.
(c) Laringitis.
(d) A squeak.

6. Who did Lou Ann feel was the most effective deaf rights activist she'd ever seen?
(a) Juan Acevedo.
(b) Andre Acevedo.
(c) Jose Acevedo.
(d) Pedro Acevedo.

7. Why didn't children of deaf parents talk about their experiences?
(a) They felt sad and frustrated.
(b) They didn't want to be viewed as freaks.
(c) They felt embarrased.
(d) They felt that to do so would betray their parents.

8. Where was the person that told Lou Ann about the deaf street gang from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Spain.

9. What did Lou Ann say that nature placed a high importance on?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Normalcy.
(c) Not being handicapped.
(d) Speaking.

10. What did Lou Ann attempt to have her mom tutor her in?
(a) Math.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Writing.
(d) English.

11. What did Lou Ann's parents like to do on Saturday nights?
(a) Go out to dinner.
(b) Go to see silent movies.
(c) Go out with friends.
(d) Go to the deaf club.

12. How did the kid that Lou Ann interpreted for act?
(a) Angry.
(b) Mean.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Stupid.

13. What phrase did Lou Ann use to describe the communication issues that arose with the deaf?
(a) Vanilla Fire.
(b) Fires of Chocolate.
(c) Chocolate Fire.
(d) Fires of Vanilla.

14. What was Uncle Garnel's wife always asking Lou Ann to teach her?
(a) Crochet.
(b) Writing.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Scrapbooking.

15. Why did it not work for Lou Ann's mom to tutor her?
(a) Because she didn't graduate high school.
(b) Because she couldn't hear.
(c) Because she didn't understand the subject being studied.
(d) Because she couldn't speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lou Ann like to divert conversations to her parents deafness?

2. When did Lou Ann make her first phone call home from college?

3. Who was Lou Ann's boss at her new job?

4. Who did Lou Ann first hear about the deaf street gang from?

5. How did Lou Ann feel about all the duties placed on her in her childhood?

(see the answer keys)

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