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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Lou Ann go to college for?
(a) To become a lawyer.
(b) To become a writer.
(c) To become a doctor.
(d) To become a sign language teacher.

3. Why did Lou Ann like to divert conversations to her parents deafness?
(a) She didn't want to draw attention to her family.
(b) She felt guilty talking about it.
(c) It kept people at bay.
(d) She was embarrassed.

4. Why did Lou Ann leave her interpreting job?
(a) It became an addiction.
(b) It was boring.
(c) She found it too difficult.
(d) She felt like she was losing herself.

5. What did Lou Ann's family expect her to be?
(a) A respectful girl.
(b) A loyal girl.
(c) A quiet girl.
(d) A good girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What overwhelmed Lou Ann about the other students at Harvard?

2. What job did Lou Ann take after quitting the magazine and interpreting?

3. Who was Lou Ann's roommate at college?

4. Where did Lou Ann teach her first sign language class?

5. Who was the editor-in-chief at Lou Ann's new job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lou Ann's parents do for a social life when she was a child?

2. Why did Lou Ann transfer to Harvard?

3. Why did Lou Ann feel guilty?

4. How did Lou Ann feel when she received a letter at college from her Aunt Imogene?

5. How was Lou Ann's exterior attitude colliding with her interior attitude?

6. What was Lou Ann's childhood neighborhood like?

7. What was Christmas like when Lou Ann was a child?

8. How did Lou Ann's views toward her interpreting work change over time?

9. How did Lou Ann's experience with Tyrone impact her?

10. How did Lou Ann feel about the work she had to do at Harvard?

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