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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 magazine did Lou Ann's boss move to?
(a) Time.
(b) People.
(c) Vanity Fair.
(d) Esquire.

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

3. Whose children in her neighborhood did Lou Ann babysit for when she was a teenager?
(a) The lawyer.
(b) The grocer.
(c) The banker.
(d) The mayor.

4. Who was Lou Ann trying to write about in her article?
(a) The deaf street gang.
(b) The impact of deafness on society.
(c) Her life as the child of deaf parents.
(d) Deafness in America.

5. How did Lou Ann go about putting her life in order?
(a) Rediscovered herself.
(b) Had a heart to heart with her parents.
(c) Put her guilty feelings to rest.
(d) Stopped doing the things she didn't want to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did Lou Ann's dad get paid?

2. What type of sofas were in the office of the editor at Lou Ann's new job?

3. How did deaf people start stories?

4. Why didn't children of deaf parents talk about their experiences?

5. Who invited Lou Ann to dinner at Thanksgiving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Lou Ann go after graduating from Harvard?

2. How did Lou Ann resolve her feelings of guilt?

3. What was Lou Ann attempting to write an article about?

4. What was Lou Ann's second job while she lived in New York?

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

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

7. Why did Lou Ann feel guilty?

8. What was Lou Ann's third job while she lived in New York?

9. Why was it so important to Lou Ann that her father join the Masons?

10. How did Lou Ann choose her first college?

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